■ UNITED STATES
Mayor deflects criticism
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his police chief insisted on Friday they did the right thing by going public with a terrorist threat to bomb the New York subway, brushing aside suggestions from Washington that they overreacted to information of dubious credibility. "If I'm going to make a mistake, you can rest assured it is on the side of being cautious," Bloomberg said. The dispute came as thousands of extra police officers poured into the city's subway system, pulling commuters out of rush-hour crowds and rifling through their bags or briefcases. A police official said the tighter security was prompted by an informant's report of a plot to attack the subway system with bombs hidden in bags and possibly baby strollers.
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