Washington: The US government's colour-
coded warning system is being replaced with a more specific
and informative plan that would offer two levels of alerts --
elevated and imminent.
According to a draft Homeland Security Department plan
obtained by The Associated Press, the public could see the
warnings on Facebook and Twitter.
The colour-coded system has been one of the
government's most visible counter-terrorism tools since the
September 11, 2001 attacks.
The government's terror warnings could be withheld
from the public entirely if announcing a threat would risk
exposing an intelligence operation or a current investigation,
according to the government's confidential plan. The new
system is expected to be in place by April 27.
PTI
First Published: Thursday, April 07, 2011, 23:51