Ahhhhh.... The first taste of election season fear.....

You don't roll out a new product in August, but you do want to create some early buzz....

European terrorists are trying to enter the United States with European Union passports, and there is no guarantee officials will catch them every time, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Thursday.

(You'll recall then Homeland Security Chief Tom Ridge's charges that the administration issued unwarranted terror warnings in the 2004 election.)