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Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard declined an on-camera interview and instead told Eyewitness News by phone, "These incidents happen all over the country. We all need to be vigilant. For security purposes, I can't go into any details." But Mayor Brainard did give more details to the Herald-Tribune. He told the newspaper a man was arrested and sent to the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay Cuba two years ago.

I'd say that is confirmation that Harris was more or less correct. Notice the FBI said no one is under arrest in Indiana, which would be true if the person is at GitMo. She probably muddled some details, thus "she doesn't know what she's talking about", or perhaps that could better be translated. "I wish she'd shut up and not blow the XXXXX operation"

2 Updates on Rep. Harris:

Harris Regrets Bogus Terror Plot Claim

Thu Aug 5, 5:26 AM ET

By WILL LESTER, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Republican Rep. Katherine Harris (news, bio, voting record) said Wednesday she regrets concerns caused by her claim that a plot existed to blow up the power grid in Carmel, Ind. City officials disputed the claims of a plot.

"I was told in an open, group setting that a recent situation threatened a Midwestern community and that it had been diffused," Harris said Wednesday. "I regret that I had no knowledge of the sensitive nature of this situation and any undue concern this may have caused."....

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=512&u=/ap/20040805/ap_on_go_co/harris_terror_plot_4&printer=1

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Claimed terror plot 'didn't happen'

There's no evidence of Katherine Harris' claims about a bomb scheme, an Indiana official says.

BY DAVID HACKETT

VENICE -- The director of the Indiana Counter-Terrorism and Security Council said Wednesday that there is no evidence to back up a claim by U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris that a man of Middle Eastern heritage had plotted to blow up the Midwest power grid in a suburb of Indianapolis

http://www.newscoast.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040805/NEWS/408050307/1060