Be afraid. Be very Afraid. Of Stuff.

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Attorney General Michael Mukasey has been taken aback by the scope and variety of potential terrorism threats facing the United States, he told reporters Friday at an informal meeting in his office.

"I'm surprised by how surprised I am," said Mukasey, who as a federal judge presided over terrorism-related trials in New York.

"It's surprising how varied [the threat] is, how many directions it comes from, how geographically spread out it is," he said.

Mukasey issued no warnings, made no pronouncements and offered no suggestion of increased danger or newly detected plots.

He would not discuss specifics of potential threats, which remain secret.

Look, just do your job and leave us out of it. If all you're going to do is tell us that there's stuff out there to be scared of, but never tell us what it is, then I can't really help you. Or me, for that matter.

Nearly seven years and still the same tune. We want to be safe and also to feel safe, but constant reminders that there are monsters under the bed doesn't help anything at all.