In a clearly related action, General Lewis Draeger, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, held a brief press conference at noon today to issue a prepared statement confirming that the entire UCAS military is on alert. In the brief question-and-answer session that followed, General Draeger refused to confirm or deny that the threat was strictly internal, although he did issue what he called "a warning to troublemakers" that the UCAS was "more than prepared to defend all of its interests."<<<<<