The government is retiring its color-coded terror alert system. Instead, there will be just
two levels of warnings: elevated and imminent. And, those will only be relayed to the public under certain circumstances, sometimes via Facebook and Twitter. The plan states that before an official alert is issued, there is a multi-step process, starting with intelligence sharing among the FBI, the National Counterterrorism Center and the White House. If the threat is considered serious enough, a Homeland Security official will call for a meeting of a special counterterrorism advisory board, which will decide whether to issue an alert. The new system will be in place next week.
Per Janet Incompentano:
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well thats good. it will always be 'elevated' since 'imminent' would require them to konw in advance of an attack. No chance of that.
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