Official sign that Bush had a bad week: Ashcroft holds a press conference

[geek tragedy]

Announcing an arrest in (ALL TOGETHER NOW) "the war on terror."

How fucking transparent.

[ogradda]

1. please..

what do they do, pull a terrorist out of holding whenever they need a boost??

[geek tragedy]

3. He's plugging the PATRIOT Act again

Talking about how this great victory was made possible by that act.

Ugh!

[VOX]

2. Oooo -- the tide has **turned** in the War on Terra!

If ASScroft is getting camera time, it **must** be good!

:puke:

[AspenRose]

4. Time for Ridge to whip out the Fruit Stripe Gum Terra Alert

eom

[geek tragedy]

5. Oh, by the way, the guy has been in jail for a year now.

Indicted on similar charges in UK.

[ogradda]

11. lmao!!

i knew it! damn how pathetic can you get?

[girl gone mad]

6. Did he just say that a shoe bomb is a WMD?

They're really trying to lower the bar, aren't they?

[rock]

7. As predicted here on DU

[geek tragedy]

8. SMH article from December 2003

http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:Y7ZDbCJPXSwJ:www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/12/04/1070351711916.html%3Ffrom%3Dstoryrhs+badat+reid&hl=en

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A 24-year-old British Muslim scholar was to appear in a London court later today charged with conspiring to cause an explosion with "shoe bomber" Richard Reid.

Reid, a British Muslim convert, was jailed in the United States earlier this year for trying to blow up a passenger plane.

With Britain on a heightened state of alert in the run-up to Christmas, police yesterday charged Sajid Badat with conspiracy to cause an explosion in Britain "or elsewhere".
<snip>

Announcing an indictment on a year old case? This should be media blasted!

[oasis]

10. To the media blaster. (eom)

[AnIndependentTexan]

9. watch for terror alert to go up and new evidence found

[mondo joe]

12. DOUBLEPLUSGOOD! (eom>