I'm with Dick and Bobert on this one. What good does it do the general public to issue an alert that gives no specifics? We are all already eyeing everyone who looks middle eastern as it is...It just makes the holidays unpleasant for many. My poor 79 year old mother looks around in her yearly Christmas depression and believes that the world is empty and terrified and all staying home...Bush and his gang of robber barons can all go to hell!