CHICAGO — Fearing complacency among the American people over possible terror threats, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said in Chicago on Tuesday that the nation faces a heightened chance of an attack this summer.
"I believe we are entering a period this summer of increased risk," Chertoff told the Chicago Tribune’s editorial board in an unusually blunt and frank assessment of America’s terror threat level.
"Summertime seems to be appealing to them," he said of al-Qaida. "We do worry that they are rebuilding their activities."
Still, Chertoff said there are not enough indications of an imminent plot to raise the current threat levels nationwide. And he indicated his remarks were based on "a gut feeling" formed by past seasonal patterns of terrorist attacks, recent al-Qaida statements, and intelligence he did not disclose.
Wow I am really amazed at Michael Chertoff’s gut! We could save tons of money in cutting the CIA, NSA, etc and just turn to relying on Chertoff’s gut. Surely we could place some sensors in his gut to detect the current terror level and then broadcast the information and then use this handy chart.
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Where does Spastic Colon fit in the hierarchy?
that is the most wonderful chart I have ever seen.
Should have a level of “Nothing a little GasX wouldn’t cure”. Rather would fit with anything emanating in Washington.
Where would IBS fall as well??
This is just tops.
Sounds to me like “I know something but I can’t really tell you. Nudge-nudge, wink-wink.”
Perfect, Jeff!
“Abdominal Pain”? How about “Appendicitis”? Haha…
“Just Dropped a Pantload”
Mushroom cloud over major city
FYI! Congratulations Jeff. The Thursday edition of “Late Night With Conan O’Brien” has just ripped off this bit. It wasn’t exact, but pretty similar. They owe you money. Nonetheless, I think you have hit the bigtime.
Haha. Unfortunately he’s more right than wrong or silly. How does one get a “gut” feeling anyway? By ruminating on the probabilities of something, that’s how.
Now, given all we know about the terrorists’ intentions and capabilities, as well as the Main Stream Media’s intentions, capabilities, and modus operandi when confronted with news they can use to savage the Bush Administration and somehow ‘bring the troops home’ why SHOULDN’T he get a gut feeling that if they attack us now, it’ll have MAXIMUM effect politically and emotionally?
With nearly 50% of the country almost to the point where they think the Bush Administration *(you know, the ones who can’t even keep the lid on the NSA program) ‘really’ pulled off 9/11 and that therefore Osama Bin Laden et. al. are hoaxes, and another sizable percent of people who think WE are the problem in Iraq and that all those civilians are killed not because of terrorists but because the presence of US troops magically make people flip out…. it makes perfect sense to suppose another spectacular attack will be met with increased calls for US capitulation, not the reverse.
So I for one am not pooh poohing his “gut”.
50% of Americans think Bush pulled off 9/11? Source, please.