DHS Ponders "Improving" Terrorism Alert System

Posted by kdawson on Friday September 18, 2009 @03:38AM from the stock-up-on-duct-tape dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The DHS's color-coded terrorism risk warning system has often been criticized on a number of grounds. However, it seems that at last DHS has taken note of these criticisms and is finally planning to fix one of its problems. Which one? Well, since the two lowest levels have never been used in the history of the program, the solution is obvious: just get rid of them! In the new system, the lowest level would be yellow, 'guarded,' representing 'A constant state of vigilance to protect against a terrorist attack.' While it's nice that they're at least no longer maintaining a pretense of it being for anything other than fear-mongering, I don't think this was the kind of change most people were hoping for."

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Re:*sigh* by Shakrai · 2009-09-18 04:30 · Score: 4, Informative

Yeah... and institute mandatory daily Two-Minute Hate sessions while we are on it.

Fox News is already on 24/7.
Keith Olbermann is doing his two minute hate sessions on Fox? When did this happen?

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