When I heard that our former Gov. Tom Ridge had written, in his memoir of working in the Bush administration, that he was pressured to raise the terror threat level immediately before the 2004 election, I though, well, duh.
We knew that.
Still, loads of people are shocked, just shocked by the revelations in Ridge's new book. Are these people idiots? I mean, anyone who was paying attention knew that the administration was playing political games with our safety.
To his credit, Ridge resisted the efforts of others in the administration to do their bidding. He quit not long after that.
Just one thing, though, you know, it would have been helpful to know this stuff five years ago, Tom.
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