Bush Extends 'Basic Terror Alert'

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Bush Extends 'Basic Terror Alert'

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US President George W. Bush has extended by one year the "basic terror alert" imposed three days after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks last year, according to White House press secretary Ari Fleischer.

President Bush extended the basic terror alert because of the ongoing threat of a terrorist strike, Fleischer said Friday.

The directive has given the departments of Defense and Transportation expanded authority to deal with the threat of terrorism, particularly the ability to call reserves to active duty, he said.

While the nation is at war, "how could you not extend it?" Fleischer said.

On Tuesday, the Bush administration raised the nationwide terror alert to its second highest level, heightened security at federal buildings and landmarks, and closed nine US embassies overseas as new intelligence warned of car bombings, suicide attacks and other strikes.

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