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HONOLULU (April 29) - A woman faces terrorism-related charges accusing her of
planting threatening notes aboard a cruise ship in hopes of halting a family
trip so she could return home to her boyfriend.

Because of the notes, the cruise of the Legend of the Seas was interrupted last
week so the FBI could question passengers.

Kelley Marie Ferguson of Laguna Hills, Calif., appeared in federal court Monday
on two counts of violating terrorism laws. She was arrested Saturday. A hearing
is set for Thursday.

Ferguson, 20, of Laguna Hills, Calif., admitted penning two notes threatening
to kill all U.S. citizens aboard the Legend of the Seas if the ship, which had
sailed from Ensenada, Mexico, stopped at an American port, U.S. Attorney Edward
Kubo said.

The discovery of the threats last Tuesday and Wednesday in the same sixth-deck
public restroom led authorities to reroute the ship to an anchorage off
Honolulu so FBI could search the vessel and question its 2,400 passengers and
crew members. The diversion canceled the ship's scheduled stop at Hilo.

More than 120 members of the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force scoured the Royal
Caribbean ship for biological, chemical, radiological and explosive weapons,
officials said.

During the investigation, Ferguson admitted writing the notes, Kubo said.

``The defendant said she never wanted to go on this cruise ship with her family
to begin with and that she wrote these notes hoping that it would shorten her
time on the cruise,'' Kubo said.

The charges carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. Kubo said his office
also would seek restitution for the cost of the investigation.


04/29/03 10:21 EDT
    

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