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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: geode00 who wrote (17519)	8/5/2004 11:47:33 AM
From: Ron	Respond to of 173976

Lying Liars and their Lies. Who says the GOP is not using "BOO scared you!" tactics to try and get votes...? ---- Harris Regrets Bogus Terror Plot Claim Thu Aug 5, 5:26 AM ET By WILL LESTER, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Republican Rep. Katherine Harris 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." But the Florida lawmaker stands by her statement that the United States has thwarted more than 100 potential terrorist attacks. Harris, who was at the center of the political storm over the disputed 2000 presidential election, made the comments about terrorism and the plot on Monday at a rally for President Bush (news - web sites) in Venice, Fla., and a subsequent interview with the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. She told the audience that while in the Midwest recently, a mayor told her about a plot in Carmel and how a man of Middle Eastern heritage had been arrested and hundreds of pounds of explosives were found in his home. "He had plans to blow up the area's entire power grid," she said, according to the newspaper. City officials in Carmel said they know of no such plot. "We're aware of the comments we read in the paper," said Tim Green, assistant chief of police in Carmel, a town about 10 miles north of Indianapolis. "We're not aware of any plans to blow up Carmel's power grid."