[Dog Gone]

THE DECISION to raise the threat assessment level from “yellow” — indicating a serious threat of terrorist attack — to “orange” came after U.S. intelligence learned of “specific and credible” threats against U.S. embassies

If it's just about embassies, then why raise it domestically? We don't have any US embassies in this country.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Good question.  Here is a link about the threats against foreign US embassies:

Security tight around the world on eve of Sept. 11 anniversary -AP Breaking News
TONY CZUCZKA, Associated Press Writer
(09-10) 08:52 PDT BERLIN (AP) -- Terror threats forced three U.S. embassies to close in Asia, and authorities throughout Europe imposed heightened security measures Tuesday, the eve of the Sept. 11 suicide hijack anniversary. The...

[Dog]

They wouldn't have raised it to HIGH .....for an overseas threat only would they....this is going to rock this country today..

[Oldeconomybuyer]

URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2002/09/10/international1132EDT0572.DTL

(09-10) 08:32 PDT BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- In Iraq's most belligerent remarks in the current standoff with Washington, Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan urged all Arabs on Tuesday to confront the United States, its people and its property by any means.

The comments stopped short of explicitly calling on Arabs to attack Americans but underlined Iraq's drive to sway world -- and particularly Middle Eastern -- opinion behind it against U.S. threats of a possible strike to oust Saddam Hussein.

[The Vast Right Wing]

I don't know, but the fact that they are deploying SAM's around DC, now this. They have some info...This does not look to be just a precaution, I think they have some solid intel of an attack. I say hit em first, the best defense is a good offence.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Because when one is attacked, we are ALL attacked, fellow American! ;-)

[Stefan Stackhouse]

If it's just about embassies, then why raise it domestically? We don't have any US embassies in this country.

Actually, that's not quite true. . . The U.S. does have a UN mission in NYC, and that counts as an embassy.