Terror Threat Level Raised in East Coast Cities

By Noah Adams,

Published August 2, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

NPR's Noah Adams talks to NPR's Mike Pesca about the announcement of elevated terror alerts in New York City, New Jersey and Washington, D.C. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge has raised the terror threat level for financial institutions in those cities to orange, or high alert.

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Noah Adams

Noah Adams, long-time co-host of NPR's All Things Considered, brings more than three decades of radio experience to his current job as a contributing correspondent for NPR's National Desk., focusing on the low-wage workforce, farm issues, and the Katrina aftermath. Now based in Ohio, he travels extensively for his reporting assignments, a position he's held since 2003.

Mike Pesca

Mike Pesca first reached the airwaves as a 10-year-old caller to a New York Jets-themed radio show and has since been able to parlay his interests in sports coverage as a National Desk correspondent for NPR based in New York City.

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Terror Threat Level Raised in East Coast Cities

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