

Politics Dec 07

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration will announce changes to the terror alert system "in the coming days," Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Monday.
By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press
Nation Jul 03

As the Fourth of July approaches, security officials are on a heightened state of alert. What’s behind the warnings? Hari Sreenivasan talks to Daniel Benjamin, former coordinator for counterterrorism at the State Department.
By PBS NewsHour
World May 20

The U.S. government raised the nationwide terror alert level to "orange" or high Tuesday, on the heels of a FBI warning to local law enforcement agencies that the al-Qaida terrorist network "remains active."…
World Feb 07

U.S. officials raised the nation's terrorism threat level from yellow, or "elevated," to orange Friday, signifying a "high risk" for terrorist attacks.
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