Wednesday, May 11, 2005

Terror alerts manipulated

We always thought this was true. The truth will prevail over time. Ridge says don't blame me on bogus terror alerts.

udpate: Same day. Small plane flys over White House. The threat level at the White House was raised to red -- the highest level -- for eight minutes. hmmmmm

The Bush administration periodically put the USA on high alert for terrorist attacks even though then-Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge argued there was only flimsy evidence to justify raising the threat level, Ridge now says.
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Ridge said he wanted to "debunk the myth" that his agency was responsible for repeatedly raising the alert under a color-coded system he unveiled in 2002.


1 comment:

texmex said...

Typical republican diversionary tactics. Red alert for a freaking Cessna. I learned that the no fly zone is 75 miles in diameter and it strikes me that F-16s and blackhawks were not able to intercept the plane before it got within the 15 mile radius.