NFL Terrorism Hoaxter Arrested, George W Bush Still Walking Free...

When I first saw the news about a terrorist threat posted on the internet, my thought was, "duh." They're obvious targets, after all, and I'm sure they've been on the terrorist planning table for a long time.

But as it turns out, this particular threat was all a joke.

Milwaukee, WI (AHN) - Jake Brahm, 20, a grocery store clerk was arrested Friday in charge of posting threats on the Internet to set off dirty bombs at NFL games.

According to authorities, he also admitted posting the same threat about 40 times on various Web sites in September.

U.S. Atty. Christopher Christie in Newark, where Brahm was charged in a sealed complaint Thursday, said: "We cannot tolerate this Internet version of yelling fire in a crowded theater in the post-9/11 era."

Jake Brahm faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted of the charges, news report said.

Now, I'm not defending this guy - it was a stupid prank by a stupid kid. But really, what was the harm here? Who was killed? Who was put in danger? The only way I can see that there was any damage done was if DHS resources were diverted away from real threats to investigate this. But folks, listen really carefully: If this lame, slow, and way too public response typical of DHS skill levels, we're all screwed anyway. The guy started posting these things in September, after all, and he was just arrested Friday. I suppose if we consider that we're dealing with a bunch of old farts like Foley who are too technologically archaic to worry about chat sex IM's being saved, it makes sense - but doesn't make us any more safe. But really, I'd have to hope that DHS is at least smart enough to hire some youngsters who had the skillz to track down a 20 year old grocery clerk's IP address and show up at his house weeks ago to have a little chat.

But besides all of that, why was this guy arrested but George Bush, Dick Cheney, and Donald Rumsfeld are walking free?

Some quotes -

March 18th, 2003 - Bush: "Intelligence leaves no doubt that Iraq continues to possess and conceal lethal weapons"

August 26th, 2002 - Cheney: "Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction."

September 12th, 2002 - Bush: "Right now, Iraq is expanding and improving facilities that were used for the production of biological weapons."

February 8th, 2003 - Bush: "We have sources that tell us that Saddam Hussein recently authorized Iraqi field commanders to use chemical weapons -- the very weapons the dictator tells us he does not have."

March 17th, 2003 - Bush: "Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised."

March 30th, 2003 - Rumsfeld: "We know where they are. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat."

Do a little Google searching for yourself. It's not hard to find plenty of statements that yell "fire" in our big old theater. Their yelling has sent thousands of our soldiers and hundreds of thousands of Iraqi citizens to the grave, spawned a civil war, decimated our reputation on the global political stage, drained much needed capital from domestic needs to crony corporate troughs, and left us more vulnerable to real threats at home and abroad.

So tell me - when will Bush be arrested? I'm waiting...