ARCHIE LEVINE EXPLAINS THE COLOR CODED THREAT MATRIX!

The Color Coded Threat Matrix Explained!

(updated September 14th, 2004)

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Green - Low Risk - Obsolete, no longer relevant.
Blue - Guarded - Obsolete, also no longer relevant.
Yellow - Elevated - "Vote for me or you're all going to be killed by Evil-doers"
Orange - High - "Pay no attention to the negative story that just broke about my administration, just vote for me and I'll make you safe(r) from the Evil-doers."
Red - Severe - "You should have voted for me, and now God is punishing you for helping the Evil-doers."

Charting declining belief in Terror Alerts and Bush Poll Numbers

Ass Covering or Safe(r) Making?

Terror Threat May Be Mostly a Big Bluff: The facts point to overestimation by a frightened U.S., LA Times, September 13, 2004
Bush's dubious terror alerts: Is administration's political agenda driving warnings of terrorism? By Bill Berkowitz, WorkingForChange, 08.19.04
Don't Politicize Terrorism, by David Ignatius, Washington Post, Tuesday, August 17, 2004
Howard Dean: Terror Alerts - Substance or Politics? By Howard Dean, Yubanet.com, Aug 11, 2004,
Terror alerts must be credible, by Helen Thomas, HEARST NEWSPAPERS, August 11th, 2004
Bush faces terrorism alert questions, Channel News Asia, August 5th, 2004
Editorial: Security Muddle, Washington Post, August 5, 2004
Immediacy of threat disputed: Ridge defends heightened terror alert, but acknowledges data might be years old, USA TODAY, August 4th, 2004
What Color Is the Wolf Today?, by Ivan Eland, AntiWar.com, August 3rd, 2004
Terror Threat Level Hiked in N.Y., N.J. and D.C., Fox News, August 01, 2004
Remarks by Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge Regarding Recent Threat Reports, Department of Homeland Security, Aug. 1st, 2004 Corresponding story they want you to ignore:
- White House Forecasts Record Budget Deficit, Rueters, Jul 30, 2004
'Terror threat political game', News 24, 06/06/2004
Joint Statement of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge and Attorney General John Ashcroft
Ashcroft: Al Qaeda intends to attack U.S.: Homeland security chief says terror alert level will not be raised, CNN, May 26, 2004
Corresponding story they want you to ignore:
- George Tenet resigns as CIA director: Agency’s operations director also leaving, source tells NBC News, MSNBC, 6/3/2004
Remarks by Secretary Ridge at Press Conference Regarding the National Threat Level, Department of Homeland Security, Dec 30, 2003
Corresponding story they want you to ignore:
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Statement by Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge on Raising the Threat Level, Department of Homeland Security, May 20th, 2003
Corresponding story they want you to ignore:
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Operation Liberty Shield: Statement by Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge , Department of Homeland Security, March 17th, 2003
Corresponding story they want you to ignore:
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Agency Actions in Response to the National Elevated Alert Level, Department of Homeland Security, February 7th, 2003
Corresponding story they want you to ignore:
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Ridge announces new terror alert system, by Andrea Stone, USA TODAY, 3/13/2002

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