DHS Secretary Tom Ridge responds tersely to questions that election-year politics may have influence the warning. New intelligence pointed to a terrorist attack on either New York or Washington D.C., not just years old intelligence on specific buildings. Senate, House members criticize Bush administration’s plan for a national intelligence director. Critics in the House and Senate worried that without giving a new director authority over budgets and personnel, this person would be a mere figurehead. New variant of the MyDoom virus is spreading, with a spoofed sending address.”]