Mass Transit Threat Alert to Be Lowered

NYT, (via THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Published: August 12, 2005, Filed at 1:04 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Homeland Security Department decided to lower the terror threat level for the nation's mass transit systems after Friday's rush hour, government officials said.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff was expected to end the high alert for city buses, subways and trains after 36 days of being at code orange in response to the deadly July 7 rush-hour bombings in London.
His order would return the national mass transit threat level to code yellow, signifying an elevated risk instead of the high-alert orange, a senior U.S. official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the announcement had not been made yet.
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