A whole lot of bad guys have been busted out of prison lately. I don’t know if that has any link to the unprecedented travel warning the State Department issued or the mass-closing of U.S. embassies. But I guess we should be prepared for some terrorist acts in the near future. Some see these warnings as self-serving, as a way for the Intelligence Community to deflect increasing scrutiny on their domestic surveillance activities. I admit that suspicion is warranted, but the extent of the precautions being taken seem in excess of what would be necessary if this were a wholly fabricated threat.
The bulletin to travelers and expatriates, issued by the State Department, came less than a day after the department announced that it was closing nearly two dozen American diplomatic missions in the Middle East and North Africa, including facilities in Egypt, Iraq, Yemen, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Britain said Friday that it would close its embassy in Yemen on Monday and Tuesday because of “increased security concerns.”
Whatever the case, it seems that the administration has abandoned the narrative that al-Qaeda has been decimated.
