Bush Administration a Threat to National Security

Bush's approval rating appears stuck somewhere in the low 30's ... anti-war candidate Ned Lamont defeated pro-war incumbent Joe Lieberman ... and RNC leaders concerned about mid-term elections are trying to make an issue of the fact that Nancy Pelosi represents San Francisco. Suggesting that if she becomes "Speaker" Pelosi the podium be repainted in lavender stripes with a disco ball overhead.

The gay threat doesn't seem to be working, so the Bush/Rove/Cheney team has chosen another strategy. In a desperate attempt to cling to power it appears they have chosen partisan politics over national security. MSNBC reports the US and UK were at odds over the timing of the arrests.

NBC News has learned that U.S. and British authorities had a significant disagreement over when to move in on the suspects in the alleged plot to bring down trans-Atlantic airliners bound for the United States.

A senior British official knowledgeable about the case said British police were planning to continue to run surveillance for at least another week to try to obtain more evidence, while American officials pressured them to arrest the suspects sooner. The official spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the case.

In contrast to previous reports, the official suggested an attack was not imminent, saying the suspects had not yet purchased any airline tickets. In fact, some did not even have passports.

BuzzFlash.com says it best: "This is an extraordinary betrayal of America's national security, purely done so that Cheney, Snow and Bush could attack the Democrats as weak on national security, knowing that the arrest announcement was going to be made on Wednesday, because they picked the day of the arrest."