WASHINGTON — The United States went back on orange alert (search) Tuesday afternoon, indicating a high risk of a terror attack throughout the nation.
The decision was made not long after the FBI (search) warned local law enforcement officials to be on the alert for a possible terror attack within the U.S. The FBI bulletin was described as a continuation of the one issued late Friday, which warned Americans of possible terror attacks abroad.
Tuesday's move to orange alert marks the fourth time it has been raised to that level.
The alert was raised from yellow -- or "elevated" -- one year after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and again on Feb. 7, after intelligence reports indicated an increased likelihood that Al Qaeda (search) terrorists might try to attack Americans in the United States or abroad in or around the end of the Hajj, the Muslim religious period that ended in mid-February. Soon...