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WASHINGTON — U.S. mass transit systems should remain alert against possible terror attacks, the Homeland Security Department said in a new warning that highlighted suspicious activity at unnamed European subway stations last fall. Homeland Security spokesman Russ Knocke said Wednesday there is no specific or credible intelligence to indicate U.S. transit systems are being targeted, and he described the notice, sent Tuesday, as a routine reminder for transit authority operators, state security advisers and police to remain on guard. In Chicago, transit authority spokeswoman Sheila Gregory said the nation's second largest transit system had not received any information or warning...

WASHINGTON – It's now plain that the administration's color-coded threat alert is more useful as a political barometer than a terror warning system. Despite al-Qaida's bombing of Americans in Saudi, despite signs Osama bin Laden is still calling the shots, despite his renewed threats against America, despite increased terrorist "chatter," and despite the discovery of al-Qaida agents scouting new U.S. targets to hit, the Homeland Security Department has decided there is no need to raise the threat level from yellow to orange. The risk of a terrorist attack, according to your government, is not high right now. Meanwhile, the State...