Posted on 10/29/2010 5:43:39 PM PDT by Kaslin
War On Terror: Homeland Security needs to do more than heighten aviation security in response to the cargo bomb plot from al-Qaida in Yemen. It should elevate the national terror threat level.
Despite what the president called a "credible threat" to the U.S. — along with a dramatic spike in "terrorist chatter" and international travel among terrorist suspects with U.S. passports — the National Threat Advisory is still stuck at yellow, or elevated. It's time to raise the code to orange, or high alert.
White House security aide John Brennan says there are no plans to lift it. "There is no adjustment of the threat level," he said, "but the intelligence community is very much on their guard."
"There is no cause for Americans to change their schedule," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said.
"The American people should be confident" in antiterror efforts, said President Obama. He says two packages from Yemen and bound for synagogues in Chicago were intercepted and defused.
He can thank British intelligence for dodging yet another terror bullet. Our allies across the pond tipped us off to the suspicious inbound packages from Yemen. Cargo screening had nothing to do with it, because Homeland Security still doesn't inspect such cargo.
Other recent events signal an up-tempo in terrorist activity ahead of the election and the holiday season and demand raising the terror threat level to orange. They include:
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So the Saudi’s alerted us about it.....
And Obama makes a photo op out of it. It’s that simple.
Tut, tut, we can absorb another terrorist attack.
BTW, We have been at Orange for at least 3 weeks now !!!!
I reported an unattended backpack in a shopping cart at a busy department store in my area and it was totally ignored. Individuals, retailers and businesses have become complacent since 9/11. Some of us are always on high alert for the out-of-place or potential threat, but most (IMHO) only think about it when boarding a plane.
There is no cause for Americans to change their schedule,” White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said.
We can all feel safe now that the Whitehouse dumb a## says so.
Now this is an idiot I can put my trust in? What a joke!
I think we’ve been Orange since before the Roman Empire fell. But I could be wrong.
October 29, 2010
•The United States government’s national threat level is Elevated, or Yellow.
•For all domestic and international flights, the U.S. threat level is High, or Orange. See the Transportation Security Administration for up-to-date information on items permitted and prohibited on airlines.
http://www.dhs.gov/files/programs/Copy_of_press_release_0046.shtm
I believe in in Ron White’s scale of vigilance: 1) Get a helmet! 2) Put it on!
Have the ‘alert levels’ been this way for six plus years?
I could ne wrong, but I was just traveling 2 weeks ago and I remember them raising the threat level.
Malls, schools etc.
These evil bastards are lookin' to make a big splash soon.
I could ne wrong, but I was just traveling 2 weeks ago and I remember them raising the threat level.
Are you scary looking ?
Or the Preditors....
My bad, I didn’t check the youtube URL so I duplicated.
When I saw the headline, I thought of Charlie Crist.
I worry @ the World Series on Halloween... there is also a cowboys game a stones throw from the ballpark,, bith former president Bushes will be there and Arlington is like little
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