Homeland Security issues vague reasons for "heightened alert"

By GottaLaff

Yes, it's election season, so the Department of Homeland Security wants to make sure we're good and a'feared. They're issuing a vague statement about vague reasons for vague threats. They need a reason? Here's their reason: They're desperately seeking votes for John Sidney McBush.

"Officials don't want to be accused of the politics of fear." And here we thought Republicans had no sense of humor:

According to drafts of government memos described to ABC News, the period would run roughly from this August through July 2009. [...]

The reasons: There are no specifics indicating an attack on the U.S. is imminent, and U.S. officials do not want to be accused of trying to inject themselves into the presidential campaign.

"That's a balancing act," said Jerry Hauer, former Homeland Security official and ABC News consultant. "They really have to focus on these events and this critical time we're going through as a nation, but they have to be very careful about the public message to not make it look political or like they're fearmongering."

Yeah, they wouldn't want to be accused of that. They wouldn't want to tarnish their stellar reputations.