Takes your mind RIGHT OFF THE FUCKING Social Security Proposal, doesn't it? Yesterday, Ray Taliaferro SAID that the Social Security proposal was failing...FAILING BIG TIME...and that a terror alert would divert attention away from that failure.
Here is your diversion, courtesy of Rupert Fucking Murdoch.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,148338,00.htmlMan Accused of Plotting to Assassinate Bush
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — An American citizen was charged Tuesday with conspiring to assassinate President Bush and with supporting Al Qaeda (search).
If convicted of all the charges, Ahmed Omar Abu Ali (search), 23, faces a maximum sentence of 80 years in prison. Abu Ali, a former Virginia high school valedictorian, made an initial appearance Tuesday in U.S. District Court. He contended that he was tortured while detained in Saudi Arabia since June of 2003 and offered through his lawyer to show the judge his scars. "It's all lies," his father said of the charges, and his lawyer said he would plead innocent.
An indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Alexandria on Feb. 3 was unsealed Tuesday. There are 10 alleged co-conspirators in the indictment.
Abu Ali faces six counts: conspiracy to provide material support and resources to Al Qaeda; providing material support to Al Qaeda; conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists; providing material support to terrorists; contribution of services to Al Qaeda; and receipt of funds and services from Al Qaeda.