The most depressing aspect of the Administration's efforts to scare the public away from the stories emerging about its own pre-9/11 negligence is the tacit admission of failure in the "war against terrorism". As is noted here and elsewhere, during the whole time that Dickhead was claiming that another bombing of American soil would soon happen, the Ridge color-coded warning system never changed from "yellow". The mendacity of W. and crew matches his predecessor, except rather than lying about sex, they lie about policy.