Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge speaks with the media outside the Oval office at the White House, Monday, Dec. 22, 2003, in Washington. (AP)
Why We Went Orange Story aired: Wednesday, January 07, 2004
More information emerges about security concerns that have kept the nation's threat status at orange for 18 days now. Officials in Europe are searching for a man who failed to show up for his Paris to Los Angeles flight on Christmas Eve. He is reportedly carrying a small bomb.
Also, the Washington Post reports that nuclear scientists were dispatched to college bowl games and New Year's Eve celebrations last week with radiation-detection equipment hidden in briefcases and golf bags, to sniff for dirty bombs.
All of this raises questions about whether measures taken to boost homeland security can ever be effective.
