President George W. Bush said he appreciates the new British government's «strong response» to terrorist threats in London and Scotland that prompted the United States to tighten airport security and add air marshals to overseas flights. «It just goes to show the war against these extremists goes on,» Bush said Sunday as he waited for Russian President Vladimir Putin to arrive at the Bush family seaside home at Kennebunkport, Maine. «You never know where they may try to strike, and I appreciate the very strong response that the Gordon Brown government's given to the attempts by these people.» Bush remarked hours after his homeland security chief said the administration was satisfied with its current terrorism alert level following an attack at a Scottish airport and two foiled car bombs in London. «I think given what we know now, we're comfortable that we're at the right posture,» Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff said during a round of television talk show appearances. U.S. airports and mass transit systems are tightening security ahead of the Fourth of July holiday and more air marshals will travel on overseas flights. «We will be doing operations at various rail locations and other mass transit locations in cooperation with local authorities. Again, not because of a specific piece of credible threat information, but because we are going into a holiday season. There will be a larger number of people traveling,» Chertoff was quoted as saying by the Associated Press.
