BULLETIN – FROM NBC NEWS – AT 8:32 A.M. ET:  There has been a serious terrorist call for attacks on the United States.  From NBC:

LONDON — The terrorist group al Shabab released a video Saturday calling for attacks on shopping malls in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. The video, released by the Somalia-based group's official media wing, calls for attacks in the style of al Shabab's 2013 siege on the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, in which more than 60 people were killed.

Minnesota's Mall of America, which was referenced in the video, said it was aware of the threat. "We will continue to follow the situation, along with law enforcement, and will remain vigilant as we always do in similar situations," it said in a statement.

A spokesman for the National Security Council said the FBI and Department of Homeland Security have been working in recent months with mall operators to prevent and mitigate such attacks. "Protecting public safety and national security is our highest priority," NSC spokesman Ned Price said.

COMMENT:  This is obviously a very real threat.  al Shabab showed its skill in the Westgate Mall attacks.

Of course, the timing is beautiful, isn't it?  Last last week the bumblers in the Obama administration were trying to convince us that the real threat to us comes from domestic right wingers.  What a bunch we have running Washington.  What a bunch.

February 22,  2015