I must be having an acute psychotic attack. About 24 hours ago, Reuters reported that U. S. officials had identified the source of the info that led to the elevated threat level.

Pakistan Source Under Cover When U.S. Confirmed Name

The source was identified as an undercover agent in Pakistan who was communicating with al Qaeda.

This of course demolishes the mole's usefulness as an undercover agent for us. On Friday the NY Times published the agent's name -- and the U. S. officials confirmed it.

The U. S. officials presumably outed this important info source and destroyed his utility in order to prove that the heightened alert level was for real, not done for political purposes.

The disclosure forced the hand of British police who had to mount a hasty raid on agents in London.

It's an astounding intelligence blunder, attributable, as one source was quoted as saying, "to incompetence or worse."

The item was posted on Reuter's board for only a few hours before being pulled in favor of news items about the wedding of Bush's heart-throb nephew. None of the news media has mentioned it.

Nobody cares. Gimme the Prozac fast. Not only don't I feel safe yet, but I now know WHY I don't feel safe.

This story has now resurfaced on MSNBC but with a few alterations.

Bush offers defense of terrorism alert