Tom Ridge lays the groundwork

Tom Ridge fully expects the terrorist threats to escalate the closer the election gets. The terrorists, it seems, really want Bush to win:

"I think we also have to take seriously that they might try during the cycle leading up to the election to do something," Rice said. "In some ways, it seems like it would be too good to pass up for them, and so we are actively ... trying to make certain that we are responding appropriately."