Unnamed White House Official Admits There is No Known Threat

I've heard this several times this evening, in brief, except for Keith Olbermann's Countdown on MSNBC which discussed it more. The unnamed source, within the White House, says there is nothing definitely to base the current state of bright orange upon. This is right after Tom Ridge insisted again the other day that attacks are imminent.

Another official, also unnamed, indicates that video surveillance of the New York area really isn't anything, but that the White House would have raised the terror alert anyway.

Of course, this came out on Friday afternoon, during a tropical storm, and in mid-August, when no one is paying attention. This is the way bad or inconvenient news is often released.

Interestingly enough, however, a poll (taken in Michigan, a serious swing state, and released yesterday in the Chicago Sun-Times) shows that the more people fear another terror attack, the more likely they are to vote for Kerry. Strange that this White House insider gives up the goods on this terror alert right after the Chicago Sun Times headline screams that the fear factor is no longer necessarily aiding Mr. Bush in public opinion.

Craig Crawford (Congressional Quarterly) says nearly 40% of Americans in other polls feel that the terror alert is definitely politicall motivated.