I agree BTK, but, batten down the hatches, it is my opinion that Karl Rove thought the alerts were a convenient and deceptive tool to use during the last election. They had peaked and subsided and then around election time (4 years after 9/11) they peaked again. To me it smells of Rove. Puppet and puppeteer? Just curious to see what happens around the time of this election.

p.s. I'm not naive, I know there are "real" threats against us. I've traveled a lot and know how the Americans are hated. And guess what, it's not just in the Middle East.