Playing Politics With Homeland Security

Yahoo! reports that the FBI has issued a terror alert for California and New Mexico.  Except, the last time they did so the Homeland Security director downplayed the reports and made it seem like a turf  battle.  At the same time, the FBI's overzealous push on terrorism was seen as an attempt to force a political desire onto homeland security policy.

If I recall, Kerry is accepting his party's nomination for the Presidency, opposing Bush.  Issuing terror alerts would go a long way to diminishing media coverage of his speech....

The Republicans need to stop toying with homeland security for political ends and only issue alerts if it is meaningful, unique, and serious.  Don't just raise the alarms to get your name above fold in the Washington Post.