A new terror alert for New York.

You want to believe this administration, give it the benefit of the doubt but, at the same time, the cynical side of you wonders whether it's just politics or, at the very least, primarily driven by politics.

I don't think so, at least not this time.

But you never know.

Consider, if reports are credible, this Administration requested the Pakistani's to delay announcement of the capture of that Al Qaeda operative to coincide with Kerry's speech at the Democratic National Convention. (Note that the guy was captured before the Convention started but release of news concerning the capture was delayed until Kerry's speech.)

If anything, this Administration's proven quite adept at manipulating the media.

So it's really not a leap of faith to believe that the Buhie's are also using terror alerts for political gain.