Something hasnt seemed right to me about Ridge, Rumsfeld, Bin Laden and timing around the election

[NightWatcher]

(pardon me, I've been away for a few days. I've caught bits and pieces from several Ridge interviews, and this came to me)

So, Ridge said in his book that Rumsfeld wanted to raise the alert level prior to the 04 election, but that he nor anyone at DHS wanted to raise the alert level....

then...

The Bin Laden tape came out and the level went up...

Ok, here's where my tin foil hat comes in to play.

A lot of people think that Bin Laden may have been dead for a long while now. Another number of people, pointing to Bush/Bin Laden business connections, think that Bin Laden is/was a tool of Bushco. Doesnt the sudden appearance of this Bin Laden tape right after Ridge and DHS raise objections to jacking up the terror alert level seem to possibly suggest that maybe someone from Bushco, then went to the basement and "produced" another Bin Laden tape in an effort to push Ridge and other doubters over the edge.

So I plug a 9volt battery into the tin foil helmet....

IF Bushco had the ability to trump up Bin Laden tapes on command, what else was manufactured?

Pardon me, flame me, or whatever.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

1. I think you're just stating

what a lot of us thought was quite obvious at the time.

I never doubted that those "bin Laden tapes" were fakes, and that they were turned out whenever it was convenient for those thugs who wanted their Iraq actions to continue.

No flame here, no way........................

[DCKit]

2. The quality of those tapes alone gave them away as (poor) fakes.

When they finally got to the young, fat Bin Laden, I think even Cheney realized they'd have to "quit him". The love was gone, along with their credibility.