There are stories from London re Junior's extravagent security bubble and the ill-timed unwelcomed visit this week.
But there are also stories percolating regarding al Queda threats that are used to justify keeping Junior away from his adoring fans.
Are the threats real or a convenient reason to control the media, the agenda and the populace?
We report, you decide.
see PSoTD's diary re link to following Junior around London.
From the London Times:
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Britain was put on the highest terror alert since the September 11 attacks last week after a terrorist suspect told police that Algerian supporters of al-Qaeda were planning an attack soon.
The suspect, who is in a top-security prison, says that there are between 15 and 20 people ready to launch a deadly attack, although it would not be directly linked to the President's visit.
Special Branch officers have also warned the American Secret Service that a "mentally deranged lone fanatic with a fixation for George Bush" may be at large in the capital.
In spite of such concerns Tony Blair again defiantly stood by his decision to invite Mr Bush, saying that recent attacks proved that Britain and the US were involved in "a worldwide struggle against fanatical and extremist groups". He said: "Now is not the time to waver. Now is the time to see it through."
But the Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, branded Mr Bush as "the greatest threat to life on this planet" whose policies will "doom us to extinction". The mayor also said that he did not recognise Mr Bush as a lawful president and he condemned America's rapacious capitalist agenda.
The police response to the President's visit, which will include the deployment of the vast majority of the 2,000 officers authorised to carry firearms, was expanded after a ruling yesterday that the 100,000 protesters expected in London on Thursday will be allowed to march down Whitehall, raising fears that many will try to reach the President's motorcade.
The operation, which involves half of Scotland Yard's entire force, will push the likely cost to more than £10 million and has raised fears of a crimewave in suburban London while officers are so obviously deployed elsewhere.
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