The Howard government in Australia has been one of Bush's most reliable allies. That appears poised to end. Once a government gets caught, really caught, fudging evidence in a criminal case for publicity purposes, things start to unravel very quickly. That appears to be the case in regard to the arrest and detention of an Indian citizen arrested in Australia as the "mastermind" of the bizarre "doctors plot" in England, which scared people very badly, but did little more than torch the entrance to an airport in Scotland.
In a matter unconnected to that one, we learn in the US that news about there being four separate "dry run" attempts to smuggle on to airplanes some items which mimicked weaponry of some sort... actually never happened. Well, there were things that temporarily confused security checkers and people were interviewed, but there was in each case a good reason for the odd things in their luggage and they were released without any further drama.
So why was that story released? The article said that it was publicized to "keep awareness of potential danger high". It could be argued that the same effect could be achieved by tattooing the words, "Be afraid, be very afraid" on each citizen's forehead in flourescent ink. I want mine in Gothic lettering.
Arthur
In Memorium
4 months ago
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