Color-Coded Terror Alerts Will Be Gone By April

[onehandle]

Source: Huffington Post

WASHINGTON — Government officials say the colors in the nation's terror alert system will be gone by April 27.

The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the pending announcement, say the Homeland Security Department will begin a 90-day phasing out of the system on Thursday.

The Homeland Security Department plans to tell the public about a terror threat much like it has been doing for the past few years – through government announcements and the news media.

The five-tiered color-coded terror warnings were created after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and they quickly became the butt of late-night talk show jokes. The government hasn't made changes in the colored alert levels since 2006, but it has been reviewing its usefulness for more than a year.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/26/color-coded-terror-alerts_n_814413.html

[avaistheone1]

1. Will the porno-scanners and genital gropings be gone by May?

I would like to see real progress on that issue.

[valerief]

2. +1

[woo me with science]

4. [phone]

Way to focus on the important stuff.

[No Elephants]

11. Let's hope not.

Unless you're talking about TSA.

[krabigirl]

13. they will never be gone.

[madrchsod]

3. i talked to a fbi agent about....

but he said because the threat level was raised the threat level the fbi had to drop what ever they were working on and go to terror alert. i have no idea if they still do that today but he did get what he was looking for in a different case.

did you know that hospitals had to lock the doors when a threat level was raised?

[somone]

7. Yep, if it's red

They're also supposed to cancel elective surgeries and inspect packages etc

[Grassy Knoll]

5. Bummer, Steve....

[immoderate]

6. They have left us with a better scale for rating pot.

--imm

[underpants]

8. It served it purpose to make sure everyone remembered that "BUSH IS KEEPING YOU SAFE"

that was the only real reason for it.

"With us or against us" was another political maneuver - making W = AMERICA. You do love your country (W) don't you????

[Earth_First]

9. But, but, but...how will we know how scared to be?

:shrug:

Now, I'm even more frightened!

[Solly Mack]

10. I'll need a new wardrobe.

[No Elephants]

12. I thought they announced this a long time ago?