Colors could disappear from terror alert system (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Tue, 07/14/2009 - 7:24pm

In this March 12, 2002 file photo, Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge unveils a color-coded terrorism warning system in Washington.<br /><br />The Homeland Security Department says it will review the multicolored terror alert system that was created after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Joe Marquette)AP - The Obama administration has begun a review that could spell the end of the color-coded terrorism advisories, long derided by late night TV comics and portrayed by some Democrats as a tool for Bush administration political manipulation.



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