US to launch new colour codes for terror alerts

source:http://news.ebest.in/
The US Department of Homeland Security is planning to get rid of the colour-coded terrorism alert system. Known officially as the Homeland Security Advisory System, the five-colour scheme was introduced by the Bush administration in March 2002. Red, the highest level, meant "severe risk of terrorist attacks." The lowest level, green, meant "low risk of terrorist attacks." Between those were blue (guarded risk), yellow (significant) and orange (high).

The nation has generally lived in the yellow and orange range. The threat level has never been green, or even blue. In an interview on "The Daily Show" last year, the homeland security chief, Janet Napolitano, said the department was...More News....