Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid (At Least Until November)

This morning the New York Times is reporting:

Much of the information that led the authorities to raise the terror alert at several large financial institutions in the New York City and Washington areas was three or four years old, intelligence and law enforcement officials said on Monday. They reported that they had not yet found concrete evidence that a terrorist plot or preparatory surveillance operations were still under way.

Arrgh! If Tom Ridge called me personally to say that the sun would rise tomorrow, I’d be inclined to stock up on flashlights and camp lanterns. My outrage meter has been pinned in the red for months by the administration’s willingness to politicize even the most basic functions of government.