Terror threat Closes Florida Highway

Washington Post and AP ^ | Katherine Wilson

[Michael.SF.]

MIAMI –– Three people in two cars that ran an interstate toll booth were detained Friday, and Alligator Alley, the main east-west highway through the Everglades, was shutdown because of a possible terrorist threat.

Bomb-sniffing dogs alerted authorities to material in both vehicles, but no explosives were immediately found, said E.J. Picolo of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Authorities blasted open what appeared to be a backpack taken from one of the vehicles.

"We're taking it very serious until we can eliminate the possibility of a threat or verify that there was a legitimate threat," Picolo said.

Picolo said all three people in the vehicles had been identified and were legally in the country, but he would not provide futher information about them. The three were being detained and had not been arrested, he said.

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The Georgia Bureau of Investigation had issued an advisory for the same two cars Thursday after a waitress in Calhoun, Ga., in the northwestern part of that state, told police she overheard three men who appeared to be Middle Eastern descent discussing terrorist plans Wednesday night.

[Michael.SF.]

The OH-SO PC Washington Post. Why no further information regarding these three? Or is it also the Florida Police who refuse to further identify these men?

So In Georgia they "appeared to be of Mideastern descent" but in Florida they are "not further identified"?

I guess it is better to be dead then to break the sanctity of the PC mentality.

[Michael.SF.]

OK, before anyone corrects me. This was previuosly posted. My search did not produce result, not sure why.