[Miss Marple]

Are you so obtuse that you need someone to TELL you what suspicious activity is? Personally, I don't need instructions from the government. My husband and I have reported suspicious activity to the FBI three times since September 11, 2001. The FBI took our reports seriously and I hope we helped make our area more secure.

If you see a Middle Eastern male taking pictures of a water treatment plant or a dam, will you simply ignore it, since no one has TOLD you what to look for? Personally, I am smarter than that.

[John H K]

Frankly people can't really identify "middle easterners" as easily as they think they can, especially if they don't cooperate by wearing a thick beard and an Arab robe or something. Half the people people would call Middle Easterners are East Indians which are 3000 miles from the "Middle East." Heck, Saddam Hussein cleaned up and in a suit could be Greek, Italian, Spanish, etc.

And AQ has Indonesian, Malaysian members anyway.