In need of more good news to boost Bush ratings

It appears the Bushies decided they had to manufacture some new good news now that the killing of Zarqawi is a) being forgotten and b) proving ineffective in stopping the insurgency. So, they are now hyping the arrest of seven kids who were playing "terrorist" by pretending to plan a bombing of the Sears Tower. That, at least, seems to be one Miami Herald reporter's take on the story:

In a BBC news broadcast today, Miami Herald reporter Mani Garcia remarks that the government's arrest of seven men in connection with a 'plot' to blow up the Sears Tower is probably overblown.

"They've been described to us by sources as 'wannabes' -- still to be determined if making a connection about talking about doing an attack and and being able to finance an attack," Garcia said. "We've seen previous cases where the Federal government has announced with great hoopla breaking terrorist cells. And when you start deconstructing a case, you see that there's a lot of talk."