Terror alert unchanged following bin Laden's death

The government has no plans to raise the terror alert level in the U.S. as a result of Osama bin Laden's death, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

The Department of Homeland Security scrapped the old color-coded terror alert system last month and said it would instead issue alerts only when credible or specific threats emerged. The new warnings will have only two levels — elevated and imminent — and could be conveyed to the public through Facebook and Twitter. Unlike the color-coded system, the new alerts will have expiration dates.