Posted by
Boris Tiraspolsky on Friday, October 24, 2008 1:34:44 AM
"We live in an intemperate time, when a lot of people take political positions which they express not just with vigor but so often with animosity and anger, and there is always a danger that someone reading that or listening to that suddenly decides now they want to act out. That's why we have the Secret Service." - Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff
Secretary Michael Chertoff
Secretary Chertoff said: "I have not seen evidence that a major element of al Qaeda's planning is our anniversaries or our elections. Terrorist operations are undertaken when they are operationally ready. They don't wait for something that's an external event, and they don't rush it. In a transition, as people leave and new people come in, it's human nature to have some distraction, and therefore it's important to be extra-focused during that period so that distraction does not become a vulnerability. I don't regard an election, or a milestone like that, as in and of itself a significant indicator of attack plans. Hot rhetoric could trigger a disturbed individual, something the United States has long lived with. Heated political rhetoric in an intemperate time could fuel violence among Americans."
Comment by Boris Tiraspolsky:
U.S. bureaucrats have learned to speak their intricate language in a such convoluted way that one needs an interpreter to understand what they actually mean.
So, let me interpret for you what Secretary Chertoff precisely said here.
The government of the United States admits it cannot insure domestic Tranquility anymore.
Currently, the most imminent threat comes not from Islamic terrorists, although they are not sleeping either, but from homegrown extremists.
In other words, one may expect riots, unrests and all sorts of disturbances all over the United States of America, related to the election 2008, regardless of an outcome of the election.
The latter may play a powerful trigger for consolidation of all sorts of domestic extremists on both sides of the political spectrum - left and right.
Therefore, get ready be sober and alert!
Here are just a few links to information that fully supports my interpretation Secretary Chertoff's words:
Man shot by gunman - for wearing Obama T-shirt