John Ashcroft is the terrorist. When they captured Padilla, the "Dirty Bomber". Ashcroft inplied that it was part of a huge conspiracy and said that a dirty bomb could kill thousands. He said this to justify the indefinate detention of a US citizen without a trial,due process or even a criminal charge. Both statements were patently untrue. Terrorizing the public to deny civil rights is terrorism.

Making subsequent terrorists much more effective by completely exaggerating the possible impact, may not technically be terrorism, but it is aiding and abetting. Instead of going after Palestine, maybe Bush should send the marines in to get his attorney general.