Napolitano Announces End To Color-Coded Terror Alerts -- USA Today
WASHINGTON — The color-coded terrorism alert system that has greeted travelers at airports since shortly after the Sept. 11 hijackings is being phased out, the government announced today.
Long a joke on late-night talk shows, the color codes are being replaced by a system designed to give law enforcement and potential targets critical information without unnecessarily alarming or confusing the public, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said in her first annual "State of America's Homeland Security" address.
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