FBI Orders Crop Dusters Grounded for One Day
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From Times Wire Reports
For the second time since the Sept. 11 attacks, the government grounded crop-dusting planes across the country.
Responding to questions about the one-day grounding, the FBI said it was one of the steps the bureau has taken out of “an abundance of caution” and “in reaction to every bit of information and threats received during the course of this investigation.”
“They said it was a national security issue,” said James Callan, of the National Agricultural Aviation Assn.
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