The case that makes the point

Do you ever get the feeling that the administration knows that the "terrorist threat" is a bunch of crap and they only wake up every once in a while to tell us we should be scared as hell?

WaPo describes security at Homeland Security Headquarters...

An envelope with suspicious powder was opened last fall at the headquarters. Daniels and other current and former guards said they were shocked when superiors carried it past the office of Secretary Michael Chertoff, took it outside and then shook it outside Chertoff's window without evacuating people nearby.