This is the cbs evening schieffer good evening. Scotts on assignment. Im Bob Schieffer. The state department issued a travel alert today for americans, mostly for those traveling in the middle east and north africa, and 21 american diplomatic posts in that part of the world, including iraq, egypt, afghanistan, and libya, will be closed on sunday. So far, the government hasnt said much except that it is all connected to al qaeda. But our National Security correspondent david martin has learned new details about why the government is taking this so seriously. The threat comes from yemen, where the group known as al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has emerged as the most dangerous terrorist organization in the world. The intelligence does not reveal where an attack might occur. Analysts believe yemen is the most likely place, but warn it could be anywhere in the arc of mostly muslim countries stretching from north africa to south asia. The threat goes beyond u. S. Inn stlaigzs to include t
Brittany Kershaw. (FCSO)
In local government, Brittany Kershaw, the Flagler County Sheriff’s public relations director, is unrivaled in her field. She brings an unusual level of transparency and candor to a job better known for obfuscation or hype, at an agency that before her tenure–which paralleled Sheriff Rick Staly’s–feared information more than shared it.
Kershaw tendered her resignation on Wednesday. “I have received an attractive job offer from a local organization and after careful consideration, I have decided to accept the position,” she wrote Sheriff Rick Staly.
Kershaw starts as Palm Coast’s director of “Public Information and Engagement,” as her new position has been named, on May 17.