Terrorist Plot Foiled?

If this CNN Story is right, I applaud the FBI for their work. Bombs going of in the Holland Tunnel and other parts of New York's transportation system is not a good thing.

However, the FBI-prevents-manmade-Katrina tone of the story is a little much.

Let's go to the story:

A plot to bomb New York's Holland Tunnel in an effort to flood the Wall Street financial district has been uncovered by the FBI, with a suspect arrested in Lebanon, New York's Daily News reported on Friday.

The newspaper, quoting unidentified counterterrorism sources, said the investigation involved what officials considered a "serious plot" to detonate enough explosives inside the landmark tunnel to destroy it and send devastating floodwaters through lower Manhattan.

Sounds bad, huh? But later in the article....

....some experts did not consider the plan feasible because the tunnel was protected by concrete and cast-iron steel....

Oh, so they probably couldn't break holes in the middle of the Holland Tunnel anyway. But what if they did?

.....even if the tunnel cracked, the Wall Street district would not flood because it was above the level of the river.

*****smacks head*****

So the FBI foiled a plan that wouldn't work anyway. As I said, I do think it's good that the FBI foiled the plan, because bombs going off in the Holland Tunnel isn't a good thing, regardless of whether Wall Street is flooded in the process. But this wasn't going to be Katrina, as I'm assuming Bush administration folks are going to want you to think. After all, it wasn't so long ago that the Bush admistration was claiming they prevented the destruction of the Sears Tower......

by seven people in Miami that didn't have the money, the means, Al Qaeda connections, or any real familiarity with Chicago.

***UPDATE***

What Salon said.