Update on School Bus Terror Plot

Washington, DC (TLS). By now everyone knows that the nation is definitely a target of a terror plot in the making--a plot that utilizes the nation's school buses. The silver lining in this dark cloud, however, is that the FBI is aware of it and is tracking it.

However, the FBI's handling of the information is troubling.

As 'Political Mavens' columnist Stefan Kanfer shows below, the FBI's oxymoron in alerting law enforcement officials about overseas terrorists attempting to buy and drive school buses, while at the same time assuring the public that it has nothing to fear and that our children are safe, is an exercise in 'cognitive dissonance.'

In short, both of the FBI's statements cannot be true. It is either one or the other. Either there is no real terror plot involving school buses, or our children are clearly NOT safe due to the fact that there IS such a plot in the works.

Needless to say, parents, students, and teachers need to be on high alert.

Here is Kanfer's column:
http://politicalmavens.com/index.php/2007/03/20/bus-pass/