All this news on embassy closures and intercepted terror threats feels like excessive political posturing to me. It feels like a) the administration is trying to cover its ass and prevent another Benghazi, and b) they are trying to defend the likes of PRISM and distract from the NSA scandal by “showing” everyone that we need it and it’s working.

Not to say the threats aren’t real, but all the press coverage and big glossy statements seem a little sketchy/showy not to have a self-serving agenda behind it…