Bush's Propaganda Alert: Code Red

by georgia10
Thu Feb 09, 2006 at 10:12:09 AM PDT

Who needs the color-coded terror alerts when you have the President fear-mongering every time his back is up against the wall? Today, President Bush revealed details about a foiled 2002 terror attack on Los Angeles. The attack was coordinated between Al Qaeda and the militant islanic group Jemaah Islamiyah.

Congrats to our government for foiling the plot. But why would Bush bring up a foiled 2002 plot in 2006? Is it to defend his illegal domestic spying program? The White House has refused to say whether to 2002 attack was thwarted as a result of the NSA domestic spying program. Now, why would this White House pass up an opportunity to boast about the fruits of its controversial program? You would think that if it did have any connection to domestic spying, they'd be shouting it from the rooftops. The reality is that this foiled plot was likely foiled due to existing intelligence structures, and not because of the domestic spying program. Indeed, it's quite likely that surveillance conducted under FISA -- and not surveillance conducted outside the law -- revealed the plot.