IS TERRORIST THREAT REAL OR POLITICS?

You can tell the election process is heating up because here comes the first of what will probably be a long list of possible terrorist attacks on the United States.

The Bush administration and their mouthpiece FOX NEWS always rollout the scare tactics when an election is about to be held and this election cycle is no different.

Whether the terrorist threat is plausible or just election hype has not been established, but the mainstream media will run with the story because the mainstream press loves to scare the hell out of Americans.

Commander warns of al-Qaida threat to US

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press Writer

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Al-Qaida terrorists may be plotting more urgently to attack the United States to maintain their credibility and ability to recruit followers, the U.S. military commander in charge of domestic defense said.

Air Force Gen. Gene Renuart, chief of the U.S. Northern Command, also told reporters Thursday he has not seen any direct threats tied to the U.S. presidential elections. But he said it would be rash to think that such threats are not there.

"We need only to look at Spain and see that they're certainly willing to try to do something that is significant that could affect an election process," Renuart said. "I think it would be imprudent of us to let down our guard believing that if there's no credible threat that you know of today, there won't be something tomorrow."

While he said that U.S. authorities have thwarted attacks on a number of occasions, he said terrorist cells may be working harder than ever to plot high-impact events. He did not point to any specific intelligence that authorities have received but said the "chatter" they are hearing "gives me no reason to believe they're going to slow down" in their efforts to target the U.S.

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