I was a bit surprised when in last night's debate Hillary explained that the attacks that took place in Brittan just after Gordon Brown became PM were clearly the result of a high level decision of Al Qaida to "test" Brown. As proof of this she claimed that they had gotten special training abroad.
It seems a bit odd to me that if the operation really was the result of a strategic decision by the AQ leadership the guys who did it somehow did not have access to high explosives or the knowledge of how to use a cell phone to successfully trigger an explosion.
Is there really some sort of consciences in our intelligence about that attack? Hillary said that she did not think its timing was a "coincidence" and that it shows something about AQ's tactics. I suppose the idea is that bin Laden is saving up his big Sunday punch against the US until there is a new president.
It seems odd that a factor like that can just be injected into our national debate with out more support. It those guys really were sent by AQ why were they so ill prepared? If that is really the best they can do, that sort of cuts against the idea that we should pick our next president based upon what AQ may do.