AP headline:U.S. Warns on Terror; Alert Stays Orange(title false)

[IChing]

even though its yellow the title misleading
snip
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration left the terror threat level unchanged Saturday, despite warning state and local officials that a videotape message from Osama bin Laden may portend a new terrorist attack.

"We don't have to go to (code level) orange to take action in response either to these tapes or just general action to improve security around the country," Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge told reporters.

Most of the United States has been at code yellow, the midpoint of a five-point color-coded warning scale, for much of the year.

Since August, the terror alert for the financial section in New York, Washington and Newark, N.J., has stood at orange, or high. At that time, administration officials disclosed al-Qaida had conducted surveillance of four buildings.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BIN_LADEN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

[Cerridwen]

1. raising the level of terror without raising the alert

Mind f(*k.

:mad:

[goforit]

4. And why didn't Mr. Gross prewarn us before the TAPE???...Sloppy!!!

[GoBlue]

2. You are right but they are technicially correct

Since the byline is Wash DC which is on Orange. I have no doubt they intended to mislead however.

[IChing]

3. This from their national news feed

not their local dc feed.

[Moderator]

5. Duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x946165