There has been no adjustment of the threat level in terms of color code, whatever else.
But U.S. officials are saying that they have no reason to raise the threat level, the color-coding.
That's NPR's Guy Raz in London, where the threat level has been downgraded from critical to severe.
But, she warned, those plans could change depending on the threat level in place closer to the time.
All federal departments and agencies are implementing action plans in response to the increase in the threat level.
And so we share the information -- we don't raise the threat level.
" The threat level for domestic and international flights, however, remains at "High.
It has become a feature of this drama that as key votes and decisions approach, so the threat level soars.
We have not raised the threat level in this country for six months - but we have raised it before.
Mr. JOHN REID (British Home Secretary): The change in the threat level does not mean that the threat has gone away.
The current terror threat level has been classed severe - one level lower than the highest "critical" - since 14 August 2006.
The terror threat level on the UK Home Office website remains unchanged at "substantial, " which is the third highest of five levels.
The threat level in the U.K., for example, has been listed as "severe, " meaning an attack is highly likely, since early 2010.
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According to the DHS, the threat level has been modified 16 times.
"At this point we have to expect that phase six will be reached, " he said, referring to the organization's highest pandemic threat level.
He said there was a severe threat level across Northern Ireland and appealed to officers to be vigilant and check under their cars.
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The threat level, as far as we are aware, has slightly come down in the last 12 months, but you can never be certain.
The official said that under threat level Orange, "We believe there were some people in some locations where they should not have been" and investigations continue.
At Commons question time, Mr Paterson faced concerns from MPs that public spending cuts would affect policing in Northern Ireland, where the threat level is currently "severe".
Today the United States Government raised the national threat level from an Elevated to High risk of terrorist attack - or from Code Yellow to Code Orange.
We know from experience that the increased security that is implemented when we raise the threat level, along with increased vigilance, can help disrupt or deter terrorist attacks.
Remember when the TSA first termed the threat level orange?
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The federal government remained at a "heightened state of vigilance, " but the Department of Homeland Security has no plans to raise the national terrorism threat level, Secretary Janet Napolitano said.
France increased its domestic terror threat level after French forces went into action in Mali on 11 January to push back militants who had captured Timbuktu and other parts of northern Mali.
Since American homeland-security officials raised their national threat level in December to orange, indicating a high risk of an attack, airlines have been back on the front line of the war on terror.
The FBI said the threat level for those states and the nation as a whole remains at "yellow, " or "elevated, " the third of five levels of risk according to the government's newly devised threat alert system.
And then, lastly, too, you know, was, in this case--and, obviously, in hindsight, they can look at it--but was, in this case, their analysis that that vehicle was appropriate for that--their expectation of the threat level on that given day?
"The Color-coded Threat Level System is used to communicate with public safety officials and the public at-large through a threat-based, color-coded system so that protective measures can be implemented to reduce the likelihood or impact of an attack, " according to the DHS Web site.
American authorities appear to have raised their threat level as a wartime precaution, rather than in response to a specific threat, though the Federal Bureau of Investigation gave warning last week that a particularly dangerous al-Qaeda suspect is on the loose and may try to slip into the country.
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