http://www.metafilter.com/tags/terroristalert Posts tagged with 'terroristalert' at MetaFilter. Tue, 03 Aug 2004 00:36:21 -0800 Tue, 03 Aug 2004 00:36:21 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/34734/Terrorist%2DAlert%2DLevel%2DRed%2DHerring <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&amp;cid=578&amp;e=2&amp;u=/nm/20040803/ts_nm/security_alert_documents_dc">Terrorist Alert Level: Red Herring!</a> The New York Times reported today that much of the information that led to the heightened alert in New York and Washington D.C. is actually <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&e=2&u=/nm/20040803/ts_nm/security_alert_documents_dc"><i>three or four years old</i></a> and that authorities have no evidence or recent communications indicating an upcoming terrorist attack. George Pataki and Michael Bloomberg, who are both speaking at the upcoming Republican convention, <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&e=1&u=/nm/20040802/ts_nm/security_alert_dc">are making political hay</a> off of people's fears of another 9/11. Some New Yorkers are <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/03/nyregion/03impact.html">worried about the enormous cost</a> of the alert to the local economy, as bridge traffic snarls to a crawl.<br> Who needs foriegn terrorism when we can just make our own! Are we scared yet?! tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.34734 Tue, 03 Aug 2004 00:36:21 -0800 newyorktimes nytimes terroristalert insomnia_lj