Ever notice how the terror alert gets elevated any time the news cycle is dominated by news that is damaging to the Shrub White House?

They are having a terrible week, after all. Have to order that WMD investigation. All sides of the aisle and punditry balked at the budget. Cheney can't seem to keep all the "truth tellers" in the corral, discipline is slipping badly...

Better ground some flights from France and have the FBI plant some ricin in Frist's office, and take the heat off, eh?