The Bush administration plans to brighten up the holidays by distributing hundreds of colorful “wanted terrorist posters� to U.S. airports across the country. “More than 500 posters are on their way to major airports in New York City, Houston, Kansas City, Newark, Sacramento and Washington, D.C.,� says a State Department press release. “Smaller airports across the country also requesting posters include those in Guam, Fairbanks, several cities in the Hawaiian Islands, Dayton, Myrtle Beach, Little Rock, San Antonio and Londonderry, N.H.�

The posters, intended to increase travelers’ “awareness of wanted terrorists,� feature 26 “faces of global terrorism� on a bright red background with a mound of $50 bills at the bottom. Al Qaeda leaders Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri are featured at the top of the poster along with “the most recent addition to the [Rewards for Justice] program, American-born terrorist Adam Gadahn,� the release says. Rewards average around $5 million, with offers of $25 million for bin Laden or other al Qaeda leaders. The program has paid out $62 million so far to more than 40 people. – Neil King Jr.