Now, I certainly don't want to dismiss the foiled London terror case as pure ruse without substantial evidence. It's really quite possible that this was a legitimate threat, and if it was, I say thank God it was thwarted before hundreds if not thousands of innocents lost their lives. BUT, if one were to look at the timing of the transatlantic announcements, one could make a reasonable assumption that the announcement was definitely convenient for the Bush administration.
Regardless of the story's validity, they knew this would dominate the headlines for a considerable amount of time - at least through the weekly Friday bad news dump - and the Sunday talk shows. Given the fact that BushCo knew about the terror plot for days, there's no doubt in my mind the timing was very expedient.
Even if you give them the benefit of the doubt on the facts, BushCo definitely manipulated the timing aspect of the announcement for partisan gain. Case in point: the London story conveniently kept one headline in particular off the MSM's radar screen.
"Pentagon Officials Quit at Agency Linked to Bribes."
http://www.nytimes.com/...
I happened to read this online on the Huffington Post's website, and it was cross-posted at the NYT's and the Washington Post's websites also - although, I'm willing to bet the article wasn't on page one of either print publication.
The story's pretty interesting. It seems some DOD contracts came about as a result of the studious work of one, Randy "Duke" Cunningham. Evidently, Duke had quite a cozy relationship with Rummy's boys. That's right; California's favorite defense industry shmoozer used his significant access to coordinate a few lucrative contracts for his buds.
With a myriad of calls for Rumsfeld's already out there, this bit of information could ignite yet another firestorm of criticism for the embattled defense secretary.
Say it ain't so Rummy!