Color-Coded Threat Level Chart To Be Eliminated

Finally!

The Obama Administration has announced that it will be eliminating the Bush-era, color-coded terror threat level chart.

From The Washington Post (Obama administration to replace color-coded terror alerts with new warning system):

The Obama administration announced Thursday that it will scrap the color-coded terror threat alert system that was put in place after Sept. 11, 2001, and that became a symbol of the nation's anxiety after the attacks.

In its place, the White House plans to introduce a new two-tiered warning system aimed at providing more specific information about emerging threats and appropriate ways to respond.

The change was announced by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano in a speech at George Washington University. It marks the demise of one of the signature post-Sept. 11 initiatives of the George W. Bush administration.

"This means that the days are numbered for the automated recordings at airports, and announcements about a color code level that were, too often, accompanied by little practical information," Napolitano said, according to the text of her prepared remarks.

Hat/tip to Joe.My.God.