On changing the subject and being wary of surprises...

jeffrey feldman, in his diary at kos, gets his usual a+ for pattern recognition...

[A]ny news agency that is currently running the Miers story as a "surprise" is aiding the White House's campaign to distract the American public from the real story: George W. Bush's top aides will soon be charged with serious crimes.

Let's think about this for a minute. Do we really think that Harriet Miers made this decision in private? That she confided in nobody and then just dropped a letter on the President's desk?

Nobody in America is that naive. And it is an insult to the American people to use this Harriet Miers "surprise" in an effort to distract the media (which appears to be working).

Don't believe it. Harriet Miers was forced out by the President when he realized she was not going to be confirmed. The reason? Because she is not qualified for the job. This decision was probably made last week. It is likely that the communications team at the White House decided they would throw it at the media as a "surprise" the day of the Grand Jury indictments.

Stay tuned. This is just the first distraction. I fear that the White House may be cynical enough to pressure the Department of Homeland Security to issue a terrorism alert.

Beware of all "surprises" in the news, today. The big story is not a surprise. It's the story we all know is about to hit: criminal charges against the White House.

i don't think it's at all cynical to think that we may have a terrorism alert or, worse yet, a staged attack... remember scott ritter's quote from my post the other day...

"When you have an irresponsible administration like the Nixon administration, like this current administration, and they start to feel embattled, surrounded, they take on a fortress like mentality where everybody becomes the enemy."

Asked if he thought a staged terror attack was possible, a scenario previously considered by former CIA analyst Ray McGovern, Ritter responded,

"Yeah, you have people who have no regard for the rule of law. These aren't people who appreciate the Constitution, to them the Constitution is an impediment, it's an obstacle, it's something in the way, it's something to be avoided. They are married to an ideology of global domination, of global imperialism and they're not going to deviate from this."

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