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Attorney General John Ashcroft, right, accompanied by Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge announces at the Justice Department in Washignton Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2002 that the Bush administration raised the nation's terror alert warning to its second highest level, code orange, signaling a "high risk" of attack ahead of the Sept. 11 anniversary. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)