Irresponsible

I highly recommend a listen to this interview on NPR's Morning Edition (audio stream). From The NPR Page:

Larry Johnson, a former counter-terrorism official at the CIA and State Department, calls the Bush administration "irresponsible" for raising the terror threat level. Johnson says intelligence suggests attacks on U.S. financial institutions have been considered -- not that they are in the works. He speaks with NPR's Steve Inskeep.

Johnson explains the trouble with crying wolf over and again (never mind the political motivation behind such wolf cries): "One day the wolf does show up, and you need people to believe you, but unfortunately, you've squandered your credibility."