
Michael Chertoff, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, is currently garnering a good deal of media attention, more so than even Paris Hilton. But then Chertoff was not nipped on the arm by a pet kinkajou. He has merely helped to nip a terrorist plot in the bud. Well, maybe not helped exactly. Our friends across the pond did all the hard work. But Chertoff knows a whole bunch about what happened. And he’s talking all about it. Just today, the Secretary managed to appear on Fox News Sunday, This Week with George Stephanopoulos (ABC), Face the Nation (CBS), Meet the Press (NBC), and Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer (CNN), all within the space of a few hours. These appearances would seem to confirm the rumor that the U.S. government is actively cloning its leaders. Fortunately, everybody loves a clone. Except the terrorists, of course. They hate everybody.
I saw a story on MSN yesterday that the British wanted to continue the investigation for another week or so. However, the bush admin insisted on trumpeting the news–“coincidentally” on the day after Lieberman lost.
The British did most of the work, they wanted to continue investigation. The US wanted to publicize the event.
Who is serious about the War on Terror?
And yet I’ve already heard it claimed that this proves that the wiretapping program is necessary. Actually, I believe Steve Laffey said that in his senatorial debate with Chaffee.
It took almost a full 24 hours for me to get the “everybody loves a clone” pun. I kept going over it and thinking, “what is he talking about?” Then I was laughing hysterically while making peanut butter and jellies. Great stuff, David.