Pesky terrorists Pt. 2

A couple of entries ago I decided to just "throw it out there" that I had unformed and unsubstantiated doubts about the big counter-terrorism bust yesterday here in London (the one that involved blowing up a bunch of planes). Today on The Register, they're suggesting that some other folks at the US Department of Homeland Security might possibly have some doubts, too. Here's a couple of choice paragraphs, with some very handy links to articles about the previous big British counter-terror operations of the last few years (all of which have turned out to be fairly or entirely bogus):

In favor of option one, we have a recent history of British eagerness to announce breakthroughs in the struggle against the forces of darkness, with nothing to show for it. We have Jean Charles de Menezes shot to bits at point-blank range for behaving oddly just after the 7/7 atrocity. We have the imaginary ricin plot. We have the imaginary chemical bomb plot. And we have the imaginary red-mercury suitcase nuke plot.

There's been a lot of crying wolf in London, so it should surprise no one to find that the Americans have heard enough of it. (Although, to be fair, Washington has trumpeted its share of counterterrorist breakthroughs involving semi-harmless losers, but that's no reason for them to buy into anyone else's.)