http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/10/national/10CND-WARN.html?todaysheadlines
In this early mention of the increased alert level from last week, the absurdness of that whole scale becomes apparent, especially when reading it now when we know that those alleged threats were mostly comprised of leftist activists and an inactive terrorist cell not controlled by Al-Quaeda. Sure, like those are gonna be very dangerous.
