My gut feel

Homeland Security Chief Michael Chertoff says that he has a ‘gut feeling’ that al-Qaida may strike USA this summer. He does not have a single evidence to validate this fear.. just a hunch based on the previous pattern of terrorist attacks in summer time (al-Qaida hates cold weather?). Is this what we should expect from the top guy of our national security which spends billions of dollars to detect and stop terrorist plans around the world? A gut feeling? Well, my gut feel is that Chertoff and his team are clueless, and he is doing a classic CYA in case something bad occurs in the coming months (‘I told you so!’). So far the biggest achievements of Homeland Security have been to trap some dumb guys in Miami who were hoping to get some money by joining al-Qaida, and a homeless guy in New York who wanted to blow up the gas lines to the JFK airport! (Of course, I am ignoring their timely security alerts to suit the political goals of the Bush administration)