I would say not, without too much fear of being proven wrong.

Well, now that the fear of God has been put into the FBI by the flap over why we weren't issued a full-scale national alert after every daily briefing to the president, we are now going to enjoy the spectacle of alerts being issued about every five minutes in every city in every state. This is just the start.

Will this honestly be helpful?

Did you notice the source of the warning? An interview with an "unidentified detainee."

I can see some real entertainment possibilities for the detainees here. "Hey, American, guess what I heard on the grapevine last night?" And then sit back and watch us run around like a kicked-over anthill.

This doesn't even count the red herrings that are doubtless being fed into the intelligence system by real Al Quaeda operatives around the world.

And while we're cobbling up nutball Evil Conspiracies, check this out. Absolute proof that the Truth Is Out There!!