Homeland Security Date files
Threat Level Advisory
BRIEF SUMMARY
Files "homeland_ease.rpt" and "homeland_tighten.rpt" reflect dates in which the Attorney General, in conjunction with the Department of Homeland Security Council, raises or lowers the threat level through public statements.
Advisory System
U.S.
Department of Homeland Security
| Condition | Significance |
| Severe | Severe risk of terrorist attack |
| High | High risk of terrorist attacks |
| Elevated | Significant risk of terrorist attacks |
| Guarded | General risk of terrorist attacks |
| Low | Low risk of terrorist attacks |
| Date file | Description |
| homeland_ease.rpt | Department of Homeland Security lowers the national threat level |
| homeland_tighten.rpt | Department of Homeland Security raises the national threat level |
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