Picking Nits

First, the set-up. Story here. Snip below.


WASHINGTON -- On the eve of the Sept. 11 anniversary, the Bush administration decided Tuesday to raise the terror alert level for the first time to code orange, signaling a high danger of attack, a government official told The Associated Press.

The official, who spoke only on condition of anonymity, said the decision would be announced at 1 p.m. EDT by Attorney General John Ashcroft, FBI Director Robert Mueller and Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge.

The official declined to give the reason for the change in the status, although U.S. intelligence officials have been saying since the weekend that there has been an increased amount of chatter among al-Qaida sympathesizers.

The FBI issued a warning that became public Monday asking operators of computer networks, utilities and transportation system to be wary during the anniversary this week of the suicide hijackings that leveled the World Trade Center and damaged the Pentagon.


And then the punchline. According to the Homeland Security Web site, the color is still yellow...same as it was when the color-warning system was installed months ago. Here we go, big brouhaha over the warning system, 9/11 anniversary jitters running higher, big change in color for the first time, and the damn official site isn't updated.


Update

Looks like someone caught on. The warning has been changed from the vague "Elevated" to the omnious and vague "High."