THE TERRORISM CARD.

The article explores the impact of U.S. President George W. Bush's call for Congress to pass legislation authorizing a revised version of the military tribunals he established to try al Qaeda suspects. The article speculates about the strategies employed by the Bush administration in presenting the possibility of more terrorist attacks just two months before the 2006 midterm elections. Democrats say the Republican tactics won't yield the same benefits they did in the 2002 and 2004 elections.