Aviation Alert Level Remains at Orange

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Aviation Alert Level Remains at Orange

By BEVERLEY LUMPKIN
The Associated Press
Tuesday, April 10, 2007; 3:17 AM

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. threat level for aviation remains at "orange,"
or high, eight months after Britain said it had disrupted a plot to blow
up airliners headed to the United States.

Bush administration officials say there is no indication the danger has
receded.

When the plot's discovery was announced in August, the U.S.
immediately raised the level to orange, the second-highest level, but
only for the aviation sector. The rest of the nation stayed at yellow,
or "guarded," the next level down.

"The threat still exists," Transportation Security Administration
spokesman Christopher White said in a recent interview. "The threat is
very real and we need to remain at orange until the threat no longer
exists."

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Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/10/AR2007041000223.html

[RufusTFirefly]

1. Francisco Franco is still dead

More ominous than the fact that the aviation alert remains on orange is the fact that this story is running.
After all, eight months is hardly a traditional milestone. Is it just a slow news day at WaPo? Or are we being set up, not so gently reminded that we should still be cowering in fear?

[Eugene]

2. The liquid bomb plot has been imminently about to happen for 8 months now.

It is about time somebody asked questions.

Perpetual states of maximum alert tend to defeat
their own purpose.