Feds Work to Raise Terror Readiness

[Purveyor]

Source: Associated Press

(07-14) 10:02 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) --

National security officials worry about a possible attack against the United States in the months ahead even though the government's leading terrorism experts have not found concrete information about an imminent strike.

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff spoke this past week of his "gut feeling" that the nation faces an increased risk of attack this summer.

President Bush's instincts point in the same direction. "My head also tells me that al-Qaida's a serious threat to our homeland," he said at a news conference Thursday. "And we've got to continue making sure we've got good intelligence, good response mechanisms in place."

As early as this coming week, the administration is expected to release an unclassified version of a new National Intelligence Estimate — spy agencies' most authoritative type of appraisal — on al-Qaida's resurgence and the group's renewed efforts to sneak operatives into the United States.

A look at what the government says it is most worried about and what it is doing to thwart potential attacks:



Read more: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/07/14/national/w100236D48.DTL

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. Cried wolf too many times I'm afraid.

[tridim]

2. The headline should read "BushCo Works To Raise Terror Fears"

A gut feeling and Bush's "head" telling him things is supposed to raise terror readiness? I'll ask what I always ask, who are the real "terrorists" here? BushCo is the party responsible for all the terror in this country.

[rzemanfl]

3. I thought * talked to God. Now we have shrub's "head" and

Skeletor's "gut" telling us what to be afraid of? Can you imagine JFK coming on TV in October 1962 and saying his head told him that the Russians were putting missiles in Cuba and that Bobby's gut feeling agreed?

[demnan]

4. They' raise it alright

Based on number of members of Congress signing on to H. Res. 333 -
Under 30; Elevated (that's where we are now)
Over 30: Severe
Over 150: Extreme (Red alert - evacuate Congress)

[AndyTiedye]

5. I Have a Gut Feeling About the Bush Administration

:puke: