Last night I watched part two of The Grid on BBC. This is a joint BBC/TNT/Fox drama that “explores both sides of the escalating war on terror”. Call me a cynic, but it seemed to me that the main effect that the producers were looking for was to convince the viewing public that (a) the law enforcement and counter-terrorism forces in the US and UK are mostly incompetent, and (b) we should all be VERY, VERY, AFRAID of everyone and everything. Carl Rove (Bush’s choreographer of campaign dirt and panic) must have been delighted.