Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson announced at an event hosted by Defense One on Monday that he would be announcing the implementation of a new terror alarm system. The announcement comes in the wake of the San Bernardino killings, as reported by HNGN. President Barack Obama addressed the nation Sunday night, with a reassurance that the administration was in control of the security situation in the country.
"I believe that in this environment, we need to get beyond that and go to a new system that has an intermediate level to it and I'll be announcing soon, hopefully, what our new system is, that I think, reflects the current environment and the current realities," Johnson said according to CBS News.
This new system is the third such system to be put into place since Sept. 11, 2001. The color-code system, first of the three, was replaced by the National Threat Advisory System in 2011. NTAS was never used. "I believe that we need to do a better job of informing the public at large of what we are seeing, and removing some of the mystery about the global terrorist threat," Johnson added, who said the system would be made public "in the coming days," reports ABC News.
"You should not consider this a replacement of the program, but rather some important reforms... that would allow it to be more effectively used to communicate with the American public," said Josh Earnest, the White House spokesman, clarifying that the current threat advisory system will be improved, not replaced, reports Los Angeles Times.
