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scandium · 08-19-06, 06:02 PM

This thing hadn't been raised in the US in so long (not since the last election in '04 if I recall correctly) that I thought it had finally been scrapped - what purpose does it serve?

An investigative journalist asked an Israeli security chief why their country, with its history of terrorism, doesn't use a similar system. The Israeli replied 'Do you check the terror threat level when you get up in the morning? No, of course not, but you can bet the enemy does - why would we want to let our enemy know when our guard is down?'

08-19-06, 06:02 PM	#1
scandium Ace of the Deep Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,098 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	The terror colour wheel This thing hadn't been raised in the US in so long (not since the last election in '04 if I recall correctly) that I thought it had finally been scrapped - what purpose does it serve? An investigative journalist asked an Israeli security chief why their country, with its history of terrorism, doesn't use a similar system. The Israeli replied 'Do you check the terror threat level when you get up in the morning? No, of course not, but you can bet the enemy does - why would we want to let our enemy know when our guard is down?' __________________ What can you do against the lunatic who is more intelligent than yourself, who gives your arguments a fair hearing and then simply persists in his lunacy? -- George Orwell