Thursday, August 05, 2004

Desperate Acts: "... al-Qaeda began planning the Sept. 11 attacks in 1998 ..." That would be three years before the attacks. Al Qaeda is a very patient and dangerous terrorist group. They take years to plan and execute attacks.

While the information that Al Qaeda has meticulously been planning attacks on U.S. financial centers is a couple years old, there has been "very recent and current activity" that prompted the recent change to Orange Alert status.

Any attempt to discredit the alerts as fear mongering or politicization without any evidence is pathetic and ignores the reality of the situation we're facing.