THE AL QAEDA THREAT...LIBERTY TOWER, L.A.

We've heard it all before.

From Salon:

The attack on Los Angeles, again
Bush trots out a scary story to defend his warrantless spying program. We've heard this one before.

"The big news then: Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, once planned to fly a jetliner into the the tallest building in Los Angeles. The big news now: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, once planned to fly a jetliner into the tallest building in Los Angeles."

...and...

"As Hillary Clinton said Wednesday, the Bush team has won on fear before and is determined to win on fear again. "Two weeks ago, Karl Rove ... was telling the National Republican Committee, 'Here's your game plan, folks, here's how you're gonna win -- we're gonna win by getting everybody scared again,'" Clinton said. The message from Team Bush is clear: "All we've got is fear, and we are going to keep playing the fear card." "