This comment on 9/7/07 to CNN by National Security Adviser Fran Townsend was a reaction to word that a new Bin Laden video was imminent, but it could easily apply to the Bush administration's method of promoting the "war on terror":

"I just think people have got to be clear that we're being manipulated every time that they issue a statement, because they're trying to use the media as a way to terrorize us," she said. "After all, we haven't seen an attack, and this is one way that they try to terrorize the American people."

The CNN story containing the quote is at http://tinyurl.com/23h2wm