I'm having trouble swallowing this one - not that I wouldnt put it past our current gov. to try and pull something like that but....

1) follow link - article written, as all the articles there, by one person who seems to lean towards the "End of the World is Nigh!!" camp, in a fantastical manner (fantastical manner refering to descriptions of the varied 'destruction of the world' scenarios presented)

2) article does not back up the more serious allegations; exaggerates the one claim it attempts to back (Isreali military placed on HIGH alert due to bomb threats, not HIGHEST level); and puts a decent spin on the few facts and real quotes it does contain

3) US has NOT[b]...

I'm having trouble swallowing this one - not that I wouldnt put it past our current gov. to try and pull something like that but....

1) follow link - article written, as all the articles there, by one person who seems to lean towards the "End of the World is Nigh!!" camp, in a fantastical manner (fantastical manner refering to descriptions of the varied 'destruction of the world' scenarios presented)

2) article does not back up the more serious allegations; exaggerates the one claim it attempts to back (Isreali military placed on HIGH alert due to bomb threats, not HIGHEST level); and puts a decent spin on the few facts and real quotes it does contain

3) US has NOT raised its alert status, as claimed

4) did some searching and have been able to find not even the tiniest shred of anything that even remotely hints to the Defcon or FSB allegations. anywhere. i gave it a fair shot too

5) from Wikipedia

The highest alert condition the US military has been confirmed to have been at was DEFCON 2. During the Cuban Missile Crisis on 22 October 1962, the US Armed Forces were ordered to DEFCON 3. On October 23, Strategic Air Command (SAC) was ordered to DEFCON 2, while the rest of the US military remained at DEFCON 3. SAC remained at DEFCON 2 until 15 November.

For much of the Cold War, US ICBM sites were always at DEFCON 4 rather than 5.

Higher alert conditions were also ordered during the 1973 Yom Kippur War. While the US military was technically at DEFCON 3 status during the Yom Kippur War, in certain theaters it operated under DEFCON 2 conditions as a show-of-force to repel Soviet naval vessels from entering the Bosporus Strait.

The third time the United States reached DEFCON 3 was during the September 11, 2001 attacks

for a jump from our current level straight to L-1 something seriously more catastrophic than 9/11 would have had to ac

sorry that doubled itself up there - dont know what happened.

No worries! I'll just delete the extra entry.

Anyway, I agree with your comment! I clipped this as more of a sort of "chatter" clip. As yet another rumour, that something sinister may be in the works. Like you, I wouldn't put it passed them either. It's to catch all the little rumours and whispers and "I heard this on the grapevine" kind of thing, relating to things I have been hearing more and more of.lately. Here a couple of clips that make me sit up and listen and made this particular clipped rumour catch my eye:

http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/E02742D4-5FF7-446A-9AC0-07816E939C61/

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sorry that doubled itself up there - dont know what happened.

No worries! I'll just delete the extra entry.

Anyway, I agree with your comment! I clipped this as more of a sort of "chatter" clip. As yet another rumour, that something sinister may be in the works. Like you, I wouldn't put it passed them either. It's to catch all the little rumours and whispers and "I heard this on the grapevine" kind of thing, relating to things I have been hearing more and more of.lately. Here a couple of clips that make me sit up and listen and made this particular clipped rumour catch my eye:

http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/E02742D4-5FF7-446A-9AC0-07816E939C61/

http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/6B2B81FF-99C4-4940-ABEF-B0B069160131/

On a side note: The title of the clip and the article should probably more rightly have been called "US to Issue Unprecedented DEFCON 1 Alert" instead of "issued", since it's a possible future event they're warning about.

And don't worry.There's no panic. Not yet, anyway!