He added that there will be what he described as "enhanced air marshal work" on trans-Atlantic flights, with special attention to Britain. U.S. air marshals have been accompanying U.S.-bound flights since a plot to blow up airliners between the United States and Britain was uncovered last August in London. Chertoff said Washington is increasingly concerned about people with European citizenship going to South Asia to get terrorism training, and then returning to carry out attacks in Europe or the United States. He told CNN there are, what he described as, a "significant number of people" within the United States who have suspected links to terrorism. "I am not saying those are linked to al Qaida, but they certainly indicate the possibility of people becoming radicalized and deciding they want to carry out attacks on their own. So, this is not, by no means, a European problem, but a problem here as well." Chertoff said he has no immediate plans to raise the overall threat level in the United States, which is at yellow, signifying an elevated level. Since last August, the U.S. threat level for all domestic and international flights has been more serious, at level orange.
他还提到将在往返于大西洋两岸的航班上开展他所描述的“空中警戒增强工作”，这特别针对英国的航班。自从一起企图破坏英美之间的航线的案件于去年八月在伦敦被发现后，美国的空中警察已经被部署在所有跟美国有关的航班上。Chertoff说美国已经加强了对一些拥有欧洲公民身份的人员的关注，这些人前往南亚进行恐怖主义训练，然后返回，在欧洲和美国进行恐怖袭击活动。他参加CNN电视台的节目时描述说，在美国，有相当多的人被怀疑与恐怖主义有染。他说：“我没有说这些人跟基地组织有关，但他们的存在表明了普通人也有可能会成为激进分子，并决定要自己实施恐怖袭击活动。所以，并不是说恐怖主义的问题只存在于欧洲，这个问题在美国也同样存在。”Chertoff说自己还没有立即全面提高美国安全威胁等级的计划，现在美国的安全等级是黄色，代表警戒级。自从去年八月，美国的国内外航班的安全威胁等级就已经达到了更为严重的橙色级。
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