Glenn Reynolds, al Qaeda, and Bush.

Dowd:

The administration’s most thorough intelligence assessment since 9/11 is stark and dark. Two pages add up to one message: The Bushies blew it. Al Qaeda has exploded into a worldwide state of mind. Because of what’s going on with Iraq and Iran, Hezbollah may now “be more likely to consider” attacking us. Al Qaeda will try to “put operatives here” — (some news reports say a cell from Pakistan already is en route or has arrived) — and “acquire and employ chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear material in attacks.”

This batty idea of Putz's that al Qaeda being in the news is good for Bush seems more than a little ridiculous in light of the fact that al Qaeda is stronger now than it was on 9/11.