Many people believe that the color-coded terror alert system was lways designed to serve two purposes. One, to convey a vague sense of dread about tenuously credible but maddeningly abstract threats. And two, to convey a completely arbitrary vague sense of dread whenever it was politically expedient to do so. Yesterday, former duct tape czar Tom Ridge seemed to admit as much at a Washington forum. "There were times when [others in the Bush Administration] were really aggressive about raising it, and we said, 'For that?'"
Terror Alert System Overhaul
Terror Alert System Overhaul
Terror Alert System Overhaul
Many people believe that the color-coded terror alert system was lways designed to serve two purposes. One, to convey a vague sense of dread about tenuously credible but maddeningly abstract threats. And two, to convey a completely arbitrary vague sense of dread whenever it was politically expedient to do so. Yesterday, former duct tape czar Tom Ridge seemed to admit as much at a Washington forum. "There were times when [others in the Bush Administration] were really aggressive about raising it, and we said, 'For that?'"