Crisis over! is the headline of this Slate piece, in which Tim Noah continues his fine dissecting of all the dire-yet-vague terrorism warnings that came out right after the revelations that Team Bush had quite a few facts at its hand regarding al Qaeda and possible attacks before 9/11. Here's the thing that was never fully explained to me: If it was a bad idea for Team Bush to inform the public about vague, unconfirmed reports of possible terrorist activity before 9/11, why is it OK for them to do so now?