Is it being overly cynical to think that the "war on terror" is just a pretext by the Carlyle Group Administration? From USA Today:

The FBI is investigating only about half the criminal cases it did before the Sept. 11 attacks because of its focus on stopping terrorist attacks, according to a federal report. Investigations of financial fraud, bank robberies and some drug cases have suffered as a result,...

Beat up the drums over there so they don't have time to look into what we're doing over here?