On the news today, a big deal was made of an audio tape, supposedly by Osama bin Laden, warning about more terrorist attacks.

I don't advocate ignoring the message entirely (ignoring threats was a problem in the cause of the September 11th attack), but right off the bat I had this thought: why would a terrorist give a warning to prevent their attack, as opposed to taking credit after the fact? Warning before possibly gives their attack a high chance of failure.

I suspect this message was more a case of bin Laden scum supporters trying to spread more fear.