Red Alert! Red Alert!

Remember that hokum? Color-coded terrorist threat.

So anyway, the government is having trouble shaking off those Snowden leaks.  So let's try the fear tactic again.  It might work.  (I just hope we don't get to the point where they have to create something.  Again?)

The US Department of Homeland Security warned airlines Wednesday that flights from overseas traveling into the United States could carry passengers who are hiding explosives in their shoes, according to a new report.

Multiple sources told NBC News that “very recent intelligence” found credible threats indicating that passenger jets could be targeted by airline customers who attempt to hide bombs in shoes.

  RT

Couldn’t they even come up with something new?

“It’s a reminder that we are under constant threat and an advisory to airlines to be on their A game,” said one anonymous official.

The warning is unrelated to any security threats against the Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, NBC reported.

And if I’m not off my game, unrelated to ANY actual threats.