Dear Ross and Team! this story is one that should be presented American wide...this is no game with people who see no value in life as we see it...terror causes an uneasy feeling, does the Network of corruptors want our country! Or just to destroy all...What is it we have that has not been given through sharing and the market place throughout the world...if we are destroyed what happens to the leftovers of life...the animals, we go back to barbarism...fear sends up blinders, so what do the people working everyday hold on to...everything has an enemy...is this fate we are headed too late to change...the FBI, CIA, and othe entities to protect this nation how are they goind to do this when we do not have enought men...or do we...what are we as a people to do while our country gets put in a fix...there has got to be a reason, there has got to be the people that stand up against this treason...what is coming together is the news to bring the truth...things hidden and not exposed...are only way is to pull it together for the enemy takes our territory and destroys us from within...What Team are we On! Apache

Blah Blah Blah, Apache...Rep. Thompson is absolutely correct, and is doing his job...IF there are operations ongoing that would be jeopardized by an information leak, then that information will remain classified and not divulged to the public. Thompson is simply asking for Chernoff to do HIS job and back up his claims...

Just more BS from der humlund security bozos...let's pump up the fear based on a whim and a gut. If they had any guts they would stop the BS and fear mongering they continue to use so effectively against the sheeple of this country. Wake up and smell the coffee, they just want to scare you into loosing more of your freedom!

Must be time to buy more duct tape! Or did Cheney already sell all his stock in that huge duct tape company owned by one of the largest GOP contributors?

Fear has nothing to do with this (unless you're prone to being afraid). This is about being informed about perceived threats. Take them for what they are. Ignore the warnings if you like...it's your choice...

Lorenzo, are YOU afraid? Are YOU a sheeple? Are YOU losing your freedom?

Oh yeah, it's spelled "l-o-s-i-n-g-" lol...

He snorted massive amounts of cocaine ... He drank like a fish...He dodged the draft....He went awol from the Alabama Air National Guard...His friends knew him as an alcoholic womanizer with a bad temper....a complete failure at business until his wealthy friends bailed him out. Yet within a few short years he was elected Governor of Texas, and quickly catapulted into the White House, in spite of losing the popular vote. He was re-elected with last minute help from Osama Bin Laden, in spite of high disapproval ratings. He still couldn't think his way out of a wet paper bag .....and yet he's declared an endless war and instituted some of the most radical political changes in American history ....

There is nothing we can do to stop all this, (JUST READ YOUR BIBLE) It spells it all out what's next!

"GUT FEELING"?? Is this how Chertoff runs Homeland Security? Does he also consult Astrology charts? Tarot Cards? Sheep Entrails?

I hope his Crystal Ball is less cloudy than it was during the Katrina disaster.

I'm guessing his "gut feeling" will become even stronger as November 2008 approaches.

I find it *infuriating* that ABC News would have its most respected news anchor, Charles Gibson, lead the nations's top news program with a story based solely on Chertoff's 'gut feeling' and containing no verifiable evidence. It saddens me to conclude that this story's apparent purpose is to once again instill baseless fear in the hearts of the American people. Shame on you ABC. Please bring back the integrity of your news by reporting only issues with proven journalistic merit.

Or is the **real** plight of ABC News to embrace Bush's smoke-and-mirror scare tactics and feed FEAR stories to the American public as REAL news?

Frankly, this is just more of the same fear mongering that has become this Administration's hallmark.

What ever happened to the color code, what color are we at actually right now? What color is "gut feeling" and What exactly made Chertoff, (the lead attorney in the Bush v Gore),qualified to run a agency the size and scope Homeland Security, What are his security credentials actually, I think we might be headed for another round of "Your doin' a heck of a job" speeches.

Does anyone out there really feel safe knowing that the same people that fashioned the Katrina response,and the same people who thought it would be a good idea to let an Arab state run our ports, are now fashioning a response to potential terrorism based on Chertoffs gut feelings...

My personal fear is that the terrorist in the executive branch in Washington will again tell us that there is sure and certain evidence that there are wmd's and plots. Tell us that we must not declare a state of emergency, martial law, and suspend the constitution. I am a more than a little concerned that we will never be rid of these sob's.

How about the "gut feeling" that we have no Homeland Security while our southern border with Mexico remains unsecured. Perhaps the terror cells from Pakistan that Chertoff is afraid may be on their way or have arrived came in last night, last week or anytime since 9/11 via our Southern Border. If they want to really protect our Homneland, our military should be sent down to the Southern Border NOW and remain there until the 2,000 mile high-security, Israeli style fence is built.

If an attack happens, I pray the source of it will not be our own leaders as it is now. They attack our sensabilities with these threats and the evidence is overwhelming that if they didnt create and provoke such attacks, that they might be the ones stepping aside to allow them if not creating them. JM2cents

Rep. Bennie Thomposon is apparently the only official in DC with half a brain. The people demand to know what's going on, and he appears to be the only one trying to find out.

if an attack happens? are you kidding me? IF? you all know that Al Queada is foaming at the mouth to pop us again. IF? Did you really think we'd be able to stop a second attack or a third or a fourth etc. etc.. Welcome to the new world people. Retired Gen. Tommy Franks has already publicly stated in Cigar Aficianado magazine that if we get hit by another terrorist attack that our Government would completely scrap what's left of our constitution in favor of a full blown police state and that we are already half way there. Wake up people. Wake up.

Chertoff used a common expression to all of us...the only difference being that HE HAS INFORMATION THAT MAKES HIS "GUT" FEELING RELIABLE.

Having survived over 890 combat missions I've expereienced the gut feeling that many are using as another means of attacking the administration. Sometimes you've just got that sixth sense that tells you all you need to know.

Unfortunately, many would rather look inward and complain about the perceived injustices of the government rather than face the facts that we are the targets of a world wide movement that would destroy our way of life. The evidence is their, but like sheep, they'd rather cuddle together and make noise rather than defend themselves.

These comments are scaring me....is this how complacent we have become ?
If so, when they hit us it will be hard....They are knkown for their patience and long waits preparing before they strike...
WHEN WILL WE EVER LEARN !!!

I'm glad to see more comments here with people waking up that our "loving" government isn't doing anything at all to "protect" the homeland.

If they (the responsible ones for 9/11) try to pull another attack on the United States, I for one will be in my car and heading to Washington DC to gather along with the rest of us who are sick of this and the destruction of our CONSTITUTION and COUNTRY. I don't think this administration realizes how many of us are tired of this crap.

I think that I knew the "Cry Wolf" story by the time I was 10. Where have these people been since their bodies grew up. I spent my life professionally involved in natural disasters and promise you, crying "Wolf!!" is a very dangerous game in times of trouble. Of course, if your business is the cry wolf game and that's how you keep your job and get rich.......
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I don't think Chertoff is "crying wolf"...what if an attack is perpetrated? Everybody will say, "Why didn't they warn us?"

Take his comments as a broad advisement or simply ignore them; it's everybody's choice.