New warnings will be specific and have exipiration dates
(NEWSER) - The nation's color-coded terror alert system will be gone next week. In its place will be what Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano describes as a more efficient system that will issue specific alerts with expiration dates, reports the Wall Street Journal . DHS will issue the alerts via public announcements and social media. Threats will fall under two broad categories: "elevated," meaning a credible threat exists, and "imminent," meaning the threat is "credible, specific, and impending," explains Bloomberg . More»