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| The new system. |
DEAR SERGEANT AL: What is the National
Terrorism Advisory System, and how is it different from the color-coded
Homeland Security Advisory System? – A DEAD TERRORIST EXACTS
REVENGE RESISTANCE OVER REASON
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| The old one. |
DEAR AD TERROR: Happy National Patriot’s Day my fellow American or
American supporter, and thanks for your question that I chose to save for and
post on this somber commemorative and faithful day that is the anniversary of
the terror attacks 11 years ago today on the same Tuesday. My condolences and
respects to those we lost then and subsequently thereafter as a result of those
cowardly acts, and may we continue on our path toward rebuilding and
strengthening ourselves to show the world our resolve. I also make special
mention of our troops and intelligence gathering people EVERYWHERE in the
world, even in those parts of the world that
we do not publicly know of, that are assigned or deployed in dangerous
areas with the duty to protect us. God bless you all and thank you for your
service to our great nation.
Right after September 11th,
the American people needed to have an easy to understand terror alert system to
help in our defense of the homeland, and for a time a color coded alert system
served its purpose well. Initiated by the G.W. Bush Administration right after
the attacks, the color-coded system gave us a level of the threat and what
actions were needed to counter the effects of an impending threat or attack.
Green was the least threatening and red was most severe. This was an
appropriate system at the time when as you remember we were not sure when the overall
threat would be abated, when we also were trying to neutralize crises like the
anthrax threat that was ongoing for several weeks, and the small cowardly incidents like the shoe bomber after the initial attacks. Don’t
forget the impending threat of attacks against the west coast that came in
early 2002. Also remember that this system was also used for the run up to both
the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars and through both of their courses, as we didn’t
initially know how severe a threat the repercussions would be from our
involvement in both countries. As one war came winding down, and the other saw
our involvement approach a ten-year mark, a different strategy to terror
warning had to be created.
Realizing that keeping people
on a perpetual alert status wasn’t serving anyone well at the risk of drowning
out a new, fresh, severe, or more credible message, the Department of Homeland
Security in April 2009 instituted a new system that would alert the public only
if a credible threat needed to be advised, and once alerted what steps were
needed to abate or neutralize the threat.
If you look in the right hand column of your screen you will see a DHS
banner that advises the terror alert if any.
So from now on instead of
getting a color, you will be given a specific threat and what actions you need
to do to protect yourself. The threat will also be location specific if need
be, instead of blanketing the whole country if such a threat only pertains to a
local area. For
more details I suggest you click here to go to the DHS website to find out more
information and to get a banner for your website or blog to monitor the DHS
site for any alerts. The
White House has a great site from a blog entry made by Homeland Secretary
Janet Napolitano explaining the new system.
By using this new system, an
alert will stand out better than the old way, which might get lost in a terror
watch blur. Please remember that the Al Qaeda pests, the infestation they are, are still amongst us trying to cowardly commandeer wide body airliners and to taint our mail or parcel deliveries. Be ever more vigilant! I hope this answers your question. Thanks for asking!
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