OldHawk777's Journal: Were Intel folks surprised when the level was elevated?

Did anyone in the US Government 'INTEL' community Civilian/Military have email/message traffic alerts, in advance, about the last upgrade of the terrorists threat alert? I ask not; did they see the traffic that was used to justify/compile/analyze the need for a higher aleart level.

I ask, Did they (Intel-folks) know (see traffic) a day/hour/... before the Congress, Senate, or the rest of US that the threat level was to be elevated soon?

Depending; the question, 'Was the alert politically motivated?' ... is answered, if .news/someone can dug-up the true answer.

Either the answer is YES there were Intel community alert messages, or maybe the executive branch is not communicating well with all civilian/military Intel-agencies. Maybe those that were surprised, like many, are not (in the center of activity, analysis, response, ...) needed for the war on terrorism. This could be one of those 911-Commission glitches in the Intel community. If ... then should we put all the eggs in the White-Basket, the House-Basket, or maybe a special CoOp-Basket.

OldHawk777

And I thought this would be an AMD Vs. Intel post.

[insanecarbonbasedlif]

I think it is.

[PotatoHead]

They will do anything to win at this point. Nothing like a little fear to unite the masses.

BTW, I find your journal very interesting --thanks!