Well here it is. It was bound to come. Ashcroft's Department of Fear has announced that they are
stepping up counterterrorism efforts, according to the AP.
No, there's no new threat information, nothing indicating a place, time or method of attack. But still...
""We remain concerned that al-Qaida continues to demonstrate its intent and desire to carry out an attack that will effect the democratic process," Homeland Security Department spokesman Brian Roehrkasse said.
"In an unusual move, Attorney General John Ashcroft, Deputy Attorney General James Comey and other senior officials recently held a conference call with all 93 U.S. attorneys to reinforce that prosecutors and law enforcement officers must take every conceivable step to counter the threat, two senior law enforcement officials said.
"Unusual", of course, unless a serious threat to the campaign nation emerges.
The FBI has issued a series of bulletins in recent weeks... Among them...an alert that "an increasing number of known or suspected terrorists, extremists or associates" have been traveling with family members with destinations including weddings, vacations and visits to relatives or friends. "It remains unclear if this is a potential diversionary tactic," says one recent FBI bulletin.
Potential diversionary tactic? Whoever heard of such a thing?