Caution: You are entering a conspiracy zone...
So Lamont cleans Lieberman's political clock on Tuesday, coming from behind in May at 65%-19% to arrive at victory at 52%-48% on August 8. Then Rove calls Lieberman and says, "The boss says we'll do whatever we can do for you," or words to that effect. Then the very next morning, being today, the Bu$hCo-compliant British govt uncovers the "liquid terror" airplane plot.
Ya know, it's entirely possible that the "liquid terror" airplane plot, if real at all, has been known for some time, and Bu$hCo administration asked the British govt to hold off announcing it until some politically useful time for Bu$hCo, such as right now, knowing that it would blow Lamont's win and Democratic optimism right off the front page and out of the (purported) mind of Americans.
It wouldn't be the first time Americans have been manipulated by British intel at the behest of Bu$hCo administration...think "Niger" and "yellowcake" in the run-up to the Iraq debacle. Bu$hCo is well-aware that the bigger the lie, the more credible it seems to Americans and that Americans, justifiably or not, tend to trust the British govt more than Bu$hCo administration.
For a well-reasoned statement aiming at this possibility:
The Terror Alert Was Predictable
Also, I wanna know whose "job" it'll be to accompany every long-distance flight passenger to the john to make sure no one dips into the "liquids" (includes urine and the phenomenon formerly known as "backyard trots"---likely in these anxiety-provoking transit circumstances---right?) to activate the bomb. Union-covered? They'll earn every penny...