04-29-2002, 09:37 PM
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Location: Toronto, Canada
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Ridge says terror alert system may be 'tweaked'
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By KEVIN McGILL, Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (April 29, 2002 6:33 p.m. EDT) - Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge told newspaper executives Monday that the color-coded alert system used to keep the nation apprised of the danger of terrorist threats may have to be "tweaked" in the days to come.
"There has been some criticism," Ridge said during the luncheon session of The Associated Press annual meeting. "Frankly, we had a 45-day comment period; we got a lot of good input ... We may end up tweaking it, based on recommendations that we've received from a lot of people around the country."
He did not specify what changes might be made but acknowledged the need for "a national vocabulary with standards that everybody can accept."
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