From: Matthew Belmonte <belmonte@cns.nyu.edu>
To:  Fletcher Vredenburgh <URL:http://www.nyc.gov/html/mail/html/mailmac.html>

A letter in this week's issue of the Journal of the
American Medical association reports that patients
who are receiving radiation therapy are being
stopped and searched -- even strip-searched, in at
least one instance -- by New York City police when
they use public transit or bridges and tunnels.
This is the stuff of a police state, not a free
country.  If someone really wants to get a
radiation source into Manhattan, they'll find a
way to do it, in a shielded container or by boat,
for instance.  Hassling cancer patients is not
going to change anything, and only hands another
victory to enemies of freedom.  I urge you to stop
this practice.