Letter: Poor handling of potential threat

Monday, July 1, 2002 | 9:02 a.m.

I'd like to comment on the recent story about Michael Hamdan's worrying about the conversation he overheard on his cell phone, of the planned attack on Las Vegas on July Fourth.

It infuriates me that there is talk of prosecuting this man! We've been told by every major authority that we are to be diligent and report any suspicious activity as our part in homeland security. How many of us will be willing to do that if we are dismissed out of hand and threatened with prosecution?

I don't feel "safe" because the FBI said the threat was not credible. Its track record before 9/11 speaks for itself.

I, for one, plan to be elsewhere on the Fourth of July and I'm taking as many of my family as want to go with me.

SHERYLL BROWN

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