Threat Level Rising to Orange

[Robb]

Nation's Threat Level Rising to Orange

WASHINGTON - The government is raising the national threat warning from yellow, the midpoint on its five-color scale, to orange, a federal official said Sunday.

Tom Ridge, the homeland security secretary, planned to discuss the chance at a midafternoon news conference at the agency's headquarters. A department official confirmed the elevated threat level but declined to provide details before Ridge's appearance.

U.S. officials by the end of last week were telling holiday travelers to be vigilant about the threat of terrorist attacks. The warning was prompted in part by a raised level of ominous intercepted communications that has not quieted for months.

The significance of the sustained level of intelligence "chatter" is unclear, the officials said.

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...anything to knock the Kurds capturing Saddam out of the headlines....

[LuminousX]

1. So Capturing Saddam made us less safe...

[aquart]

2. Now, you weren't supposed to notice that.

[Elad]

3. dupe

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