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Heard the latest?

As reported in the Chicago Tribune:

LONDON -- British authorities said Thursday they thwarted a terrorist plot to simultaneously blow up several aircraft heading to the U.S. using explosives smuggled in hand luggage. Security was raised to its highest level in Britain, and carry-on bags were banned on all flights. Huge crowds backed up at London's Heathrow airport as officials searching for explosives barred nearly every form of liquid outside of baby formula.

Police arrested 21 people, saying they were confident they captured the main suspects in what U.S. officials said had the earmarks of an al-Qaida plot.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said the terrorists planned to use liquid explosives disguised as beverages and other common products and set them off with detonators disguised as electronic devices.

Now we are not ones to pooh-pooh any kind of security measures, but don't you think they could have waited just a bit longer so the November elections could take full advantage?

Is Karl Rove slipping, or is it just an attempt at misdirection? By announcing the new terror threat early, no one will be claiming that it's an election ploy.

Oh, the genius of the man.