RUMSFELD, ASHCROFT TRIED TO RAISE TERROR THREAT LEVEL ON EVE OF 2004 ELECTION

According to Tom Ridge himself, the Homeland Security Director at the time. Using the threat of a terrorist attack to change political outcomes is the very definition of terrorism. Charging that Bush was doing something like this was attacked as conspiracy-mongering by the mainstream media at the time. Now we have the direct word of the man involved that Bush was guilty of this. Think of the millions of dollars for the extra work hours of police, the time lost to families due to overtime duty to guard against a phantom “terror threat,” and the individuals specifically terrorized by this false alert.During this false terror alert (false reports to the police are against the law), Bush’s “re-election” margin, which came down to one state, Ohio, and was the smallest in US Presidential history, 286 votes for Bush to 251 for Kerry.I expect Keith Olbermann, who did the report below in 2005, to have something more to say on the subject tonight.