The White House, deciding to play public relations with terrorism, tried to justify raising the terror alert last week. They were worried that doing so was generating too much negative P.R.
So they revealed the name of their source.
"Until U.S. officials leaked the arrest of Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan to reporters, Pakistan had been using him in a sting operation to track down al Qaeda operatives around the world, the sources said."
Now they've lost that source. Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan was apparently giving them information that had already led to several Al Qaeda arrests, but they dried up after his name was revealed:
"Law enforcement sources said some of the intelligence gleaned from the arrests of Khan and others gave phone numbers and e-mail addresses that the FBI and other agencies were using to try to track down any al Qaeda operatives in the United States.
Then on Friday, after Khan's name was revealed, government sources told CNN that counterterrorism officials had seen a drop in intercepted communications among suspected terrorists."
Only Bush: he keeps things secret that the public has the right to know, and only reveals information when doing so will place the public in danger.
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