F-B-I plans to monitor July Fourth activities

WASHINGTON - The F-B-I will monitor and protect major July Fourth parades and festivities across the nation as a precaution against a terrorist attack. <br> <br> U-S officials say the F-B-I is NOT reacting to any specific threat or intelligence. One of the officials said yesterday that the interrogation of detainees at the U-S naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has reveleaed a general interest in the day as a possible target. <br> <br> The agency is requiring its 56 field offices to create plans for monitoring events in their regions. The officials say the monitoring probably will include several forms of electronic surveillance as well as a heavy presence of field agents, both apparent and undercover. <br> <br> In addition, the F-B-I issued a routine law enforcement bulletin asking police to be on heightened alert even though there is no specific intelligence suggesting an attack. <br> <br> The government has NOT put out a public warning or advisory for Americans to be more cautious specifically on July Fourth. <br> <br> In Atlanta, authorities especially will be watching the Peachtree Road Race and the city&#39;s transit system.

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