[knak]

do you or anyone else know if the terror alert is being lowered?

[Sean Osborne Lomax]

I have heard nothing about lowering the threat level. I have heard it will stay in place at ORANGE through mid-February.

[StillProud2BeFree]

I was just looking at Foxnews.com and saw the following headlines:

Dirty Bomb Fears Shadowed Holidays
Undercover nuclear scientists with briefcase detectors fanned out across U.S. just before Christmas
Al Qaeda Plans to Bomb London Flights
France Confirms Search for Flight No-Show
U.S. May Be Ready to Lower Terror Alert Level

The final one - US may be ready to lower the terror alert level - just doesn't seem to make sense with the headlines above it.