It's the quickest way through traffic in a real crisis

9/11 rerun rehearsal, via the Washington Post --

Sunday, February 25, 2007

Dozens of high-level officials joined in a White House drill yesterday to see how the government would respond if several cities were attacked simultaneously with bombs similar to those used against U.S. troops in Iraq.

White House homeland security adviser Frances Fragos Townsend and the Homeland Security Council that she heads mapped out in advance a massive disaster involving improvised explosive devices, or IEDs. The attack targeted 10 U.S. cities, both large and small, at the same time, said a senior administration official who spoke on the condition of anonymity ...

President Bush went on a bike ride yesterday morning and did not take part in the test.

Note in particular his insouciance about a drill for a bombing technique that has been perfected as a result of his botched invasion of Iraq.