A Guide to the Latest John Ashcroft Quote
"Credible intelligence* from multiple sources* indicates that al Qaeda* plans to attempt an attack on the United States in the next few months*," Ashcroft said. "This disturbing intelligence* indicates al Qaeda's specific intention* to hit the United States hard.*"
Credible intelligence: "The same guys who told us about the WMD."
Multiple sources: "Everybody at the West Wing water cooler."
al Qaeda: "That rag-tag group we ran out of Afganistan."
an attack...in the next few months: "We belong to the Nostradamus School of Prognosticators."
disturbing intelligence: John Ashcroft and company
al Qaeda's specific intention: According to the official al Qaeda RSS feed
to hit the United States hard: As opposed to the 1000 soft hits we've warned you about in the last 12 months.
Come on. That announcement smacks of election year rhetoric. Next we'll hear that we shouldn't change horses in the middle of the stream. Some poor fools will be told that al Qaeda is afraid of the Bush administration.
Just remember all these attacks and threats of attacks were during Bush's watch.
