In this just posted article on TNR, Spencer Ackerman and John Judis quote numerous Pakistani intelligence officials to the effect that the Bush Administration has been pressuring them to capture or kill high-value AQ and/Taliban targets before the November election. They've apparently communicated that the optimum time would be during the Democratic convention.
If true, this is an outrage.
http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20040719&s=aaj071904