Are you suggesting that certain power centres are deliberately turning a blind eye to potential terrorist intelligence in order to maintain the "state of tension", as long as that threat is not directly affecting their own citizens and home country?

I.e. the NSA deliberately withholding intelligence from the French in order to bring the French government into the " ignore a basic right to privacy and liberty, we need you to support our bulk surveillance hard-line "?

That would be pretty callous and downright Machiavellian.