Authorities in California and New Jersey are making it very clear that a "red alert" during a war could result in the suspension of most civil liberties. The Press-Telegram is running a story about Homeland Security measures that begins with the sentence "Should war with Iraq erupt, Southern Californians could find themselves living in a world of restricted travel, constrained trade, closed schools and public buildings, canceled events and hypersecurity." The South Jersey News quotes Sid Caspersen, New Jersey's director of the office of counter-terrorism, as saying that if the nation escalates to "red alert" you will be assumed by authorities to be the enemy if you so much as venture outside your home. Plan to spend a lot of time in front of your computer.