Getting Their Priorities Straight.

With so many politicians and bureaucrats, you have to wonder why we’re so afraid of terrorists.

What’s Really Important, Winning the War on Terror – or Winning the Election?

Last week’s heightened terror alert was met with skepticism. People questioned the timing – suggesting it was designed to steal the thunder from John Kerry’s post convention campaigning.

The White House acted quickly, naming names of sources justifying them in declaring the alerts.
And in doing so, they may have shut down a sting operation that was leading to lots of terrorist arrests. The Administration claimed the alerts were needed because of increased “chatter.” But when they named Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan as one of their sources, the chatter disappeared.

It seems al Qaeda didn’t know the Pakistanis had arrested him, and were using him to lure other terrorists out into the open – so they could be captured.

Once other terrorists found out, they rerouted their chatter – and allied spies lost track of them.

So a week later, brace for a new round of skepticism: did the Bush Administration sacrifice an asset in the war on terror – to prevent liabilities for the Bush Campaign.

What’s Really Important, Winning the War on Terror – or Hanging on to your Turf?

Meanwhile, it turns out the Justice Department may have helped suspected terrorists in court.

The case involved four suspects in Detroit.

Memos show superiors hindered prosecutors in the first major terror trial after 9/11. One of the four suspects was acquitted and only two of the four suspects were convicted on terrorism charges.

The US Attorney’s Office in Detroit said the Justice Department’s anti-terrorism unit "provided no help of any kind in this prosecution." Prosecutors also lamented that they spent hours upon hours of their time “butting heads” with Washington bureaucrats.

Incidents like this make you ask where the government’s priorities really are in the War on Terror.