Apparently there was news that the current alert was caused by some prisoner stating that there would be a dirty bomb attack in the US. Well, that appears to have been complete bullshit.
But we're staying on orange alert anyway.
It also appears that the current administration seems it might have forgotten something in it's most recent budget proposal. The little something? Why, aid to Afghanistan, of course.
" But in its budget proposals for 2003, the White House did not explicitly ask for any money to aid humanitarian and reconstruction costs in the impoverished country. "
"The chairman of the committee that distributes foreign aid, Jim Kolbe, says that when he asked administration officials why they had not requested any funds, he was given no satisfactory explanation, but did get a pledge that it would not happen again. "
Again, let me repeat my assertion that the legacy of this current administration will be it's incompetence.
Posted by dglynn at February 13, 2003 08:35 PM