"We're briefing the mayor, ratcheting up security, talking about when to go public - and Homeland Security is downplaying the whole thing while their people are telling friends to stay out of the subways," a police source said. "It's pretty bad."

It seems that at the same time that Bloomberg is saying "we have a threat" and Homeland Security is saying "This isn't confirmed," internally, they're telling their friends things they don't tell the rest of the public.

What the hell is going on here? Government "of the people, by the people, but for the few?"

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