19 Mar
2003
19 Mar
'03
8:52 p.m.
http://www.southjerseynews.com/issues/march/m031603e.htm
If the nation escalates to "red alert," which is the highest in the color-coded readiness against terror, you will be assumed by authorities to be the enemy if you so much as venture outside your home, the state's anti-terror czar says.
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"You literally are staying home, is what happens, unless you are required to be out. No different than if you had a state of emergency with a snowstorm."
Except that in a snow storm, I can go out if I want to, and not face criminal liability. Are they planning to at least go through the farce of declaring martial law first?
Seems like a pretty steep step between "Orange" and "Red". Are other states taking this position? Deepak Jain AiNET