Grimm, I think you hit it on the head - having your finger on the alert button allows the president total control over the news cycle. Almost without a doubt, if the alert level goes up (and there always seems to be a press conference of some sort) the lead story of the day on the evening news is the terror level.
It will be story #1 on CNN.COM
It will be story #1 with a picture on Drudge.
It will be the headline story in most newspapers tomorrow.
The news cycle is thus controlled.
I noticed that when more US troops were dying in Iraq, there seemed to be more terror alerts, those general ones without targets.
Odd how that happens.
We might see Orange for labor day, yellow right after, and then Orange starting about a week before the election.
Alex
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