Naturally...

Teror alert level plaid, or polka-dot, or whatever it is, is apparently based on yet another lie.

Feb. 13 — A key piece of the information leading to recent terror alerts was fabricated, according to two senior law enforcement officials in Washington and New York. ...... This piece of that puzzle turns out to be fabricated and therefore the reason for a lot of the alarm, particularly in Washington this week, has been dissipated after they found out that this information was not true," said Vince Cannistraro, former CIA counter-terrorism chief and ABCNEWS consultant.

You start to get the feeling that the people being questioned by the government are making it up as they go along.