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Old 05-30-2004, 12:21 PM   #31
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It occured to me yesterday, as I was watching Anderson Cooper from Tuesday, that they released this big "scary" blurb, but didn't raise the "threat level". Sheesh.
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Old 05-30-2004, 12:31 PM   #32
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Increasing the chance, and at least the feeling, that it was strictly a political thing.
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Old 05-30-2004, 02:04 PM   #33
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The threat level was not raised because they neglected to tell Tom Ridge. That very morning Tom was on TV playing down the threat. Stinks of politics for sure.
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