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MELLOW YELLOW

· Friday, January 9, 2004 · 4 comments

As expected, Government Lowers Terror Alert Warning.

I don’t know about you, but I’m going to be slightly less vigilant for the remainder of the day.

FILED UNDER: Terrorism
James Joyner
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James Joyner is Professor and Department Head of Security Studies at Marine Corps University's Command and Staff College and a nonresident senior fellow at the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer and Desert Storm vet. Views expressed here are his own. Follow James on Twitter @DrJJoyner.

Comments

  1. Steven says:
    Friday, 9 January 2004 at 14:39

    No! Then the terrorists will win!

  2. Steven says:
    Friday, 9 January 2004 at 14:41

    Or is it the other way around, byt bing vigilant, they win?

    It is so confusing.

  3. James Joyner says:
    Friday, 9 January 2004 at 14:46

    Indeed. Matching my vigilance level to the color chart is a daunting task. Clearly, Arabs with guns are a bad thing in ORANGE. But is it simple prejudice in YELLOW?

  4. richard says:
    Friday, 9 January 2004 at 14:53

    Alas, I can let my children out of the underground shelter.

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