The new terror threat
I don't doubt that the plot uncovered by the British in which jetliners were to be blown up over the Atlantic Ocean is real--after all, 21-some arrests have been made--but I do question the timing of the announcement.
After all, it's only two days after President Bush suffered a major political setback when Sen. Joseph Lieberman, his lapdog Democratic war supporter in Connecticut, was defeated in the primary by an anti-Iraq War candidate, Ned Lamont. Lamont's victory and what it meant for continued Republican control of Congress after November was the talk of the news. No more.
I suspect we'll eventually learn that the timing of the arrests and the announcement of the thwarted plot was entirely coincidental. But given everything that has happened in the past, I can't rule out that the White House pushed the British to make the big splash now, knowing it would push the Lamont victory off the news pages and out of the public mind.
And however the timing came about, the President and his minions are rushing to exploit the arrests for political gain.