A Beverly Hills scuba diving store has resisted a federal
grand jury subpoena demanding that they identify everyone who
had taken, but not finished, recreational dive classes over
the last three years.

The subpoena was based upon far-fetched fears that an
underwater terrorist attack could be accomplished by
partially-trained divers. Apparently the FBI has already
obtained information about every certified diver in the
United States through the certification organisations PADI,
NAUI, and SSI.

Ken Kurtis, co-owner of Reef Seekers, stated: “The
scenario the FBI was painting–of divers swimming into a
harbor with explosives to blow up ships–is extremely
difficult and far-fetched for even the most skilled and
experienced diver, and would be next-to-impossible for a
newly certified diver, let alone one who had dropped out of a
class and never completed training.”