Word: alerted
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...should the public respond to this heightened state of alert? What...
...Certain information, while not specific as to target, gives the government the reason to believe that there may be additional terrorist attacks within the United States and against U.S. interests overseas over the next several days. The FBI has again alerted all local law enforcement to be on the highest alert, and we call on all people to immediately notify the FBI and local law enforcement of any unusual or suspicious activity...
...starkest warning yet of a post-September 11th follow-up terrorist attack. Despite the non-specific nature of the FBI?s message, it was designed to make Americans sit up and take notice. And sit up we did: Newspapers were quick to leap on the panic bandwagon: RED ALERT, screamed the New York Post. TERRORIST ATTACKS IMMINENT, blared the Washington Post. Any latent fears were further fanned by the announcement Friday morning that an employee of NBC News in New York had tested positive for cutaneous anthrax...
...William Waugh: Well, it could probably be argued that we?ve been on alert since September 11th, so I?m not really sure this warning has changed anything. All of our emergency response teams were already on highest alert before the warning, and I don?t think there?s any way to ramp up from there...
...only danger I can see in issuing such a strongly worded warning is if nothing happens this time around, the next time there?s an alert the government may find people lose attentiveness, or patience, and become less vigilant. It?s kind of a "Boy Who Cried Wolf" scenario...