You have to keep raising the alert status in order to keep people scared enough that you can justify the ACTS that take away our civil liberties.
I think some of the Security Acts are up for renewal . . .
Not to mention that any government that seeks more power over is populace has tradtionally empahsized a loosely defined enemy as well as warns against subversives in the domestic population.
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Originally posted by DolphinChicaDDD
My personal opinion on the orange alert....
We are raising the threat to orange to see what the terrorists reaction is, ie if the "chatter" backs off or becomes intensified or what not.
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