[JYO] Terror level expected to be lowered today

WASHINGTON (CNN) --The nation's terror alert level will be dropped from
orange, or high, back to yellow, or elevated, this morning, sources told
CNN.

President Bush this morning signed a recommendation to lower the alert
level, the sources said.

Other sources familiar with the discussions said some sectors are
expected to remain on high alert, such as aviation, ports and nuclear
facilities. (Full story)

Officials said Thursday the threat information coming in is not as
specific as it was heading into the holidays. Concern still exists over
a possible attack within the United States, however, because previous
intelligence suggested a time-frame of November through early February.

Authorities say intelligence is monitored daily.

The Department of Homeland Security on December 21 raised the threat
level to orange, the second-highest level on the five-tiered system. The
department said al Qaeda may use international flights to launch attacks
on the United States. Within days the agency ordered international air
carriers to place armed government officers on some flights to, from and
over the United States.

The move followed a "substantial increase" in intelligence pointing to
possible al Qaeda attacks, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said at
the time.

The United States last raised the domestic terrorism threat level to
orange May 20, 2003, after suicide bombings in Saudi Arabia and Morocco
that were blamed on al Qaeda. That alert lasted 10 days before the
threat level was returned to yellow.

Other orange alerts were raised in 2002 around the first anniversary of
the September 11 attacks and in February 2003, on the eve of the
U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March.


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