Nicholas Knight wrote:
In an opinion (which I'm having a lot of fun reading) by a three-judge panel of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit]] striking down the use of mass metal-detector searches at protests, Judge Tjoflat referenced [[Homeland Security Advisory System]].
http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/ops/200216886.pdf
From page 16:
"Although the threat level was 'elevated' at the time of the protest, '[t]o date, the threat level has stood at yellow (elevated) for the majority of its time in existence. It has been raised to orange (high) six times.' Wikipedia, Homeland Security Advisory System, available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Homeland_Security_Advisory_System
(last referenced Aug. 16, 2004)."
Wow. *That* seems pretty irresponsible on their part. We're no authority on the homeland security advisory system, and there's no guarantee that our statement there is true, and I notice our statement isn't sourced. They ought to have cited some primary sources if they're going to be basing a legal opinion on this.
-Mark