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Last week, I speculated that maybe, just maybe, the Bush Administration had pushed the British to make early arrests of terrorists plotting to blow up airliners in order to distract attention from a major political setback for the President, the primary election defeat of U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Connecticut, an Iraq War supporter.
That was just an educated guess based on past behavior, mind you, but evidence to support my hypothesis is beginning to accumulate. NBC News is reporting that the Bush Administration did in fact pressure the British to move up the arrests, although it doesn't directly connect that move to a desire to get the Lieberman defeat off the front pages.
There is no doubt that the Bush Administration has moved aggressively to make political hay out of the British arrests. The President, Vice President, and everyone else connected with this awful gang has always tried to politicize the fight against terrorism, Why should anybody be surprised that they would do it again?
And now back to my vacation.