HNN said Target was told "the shirts put us in danger". http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-FBI-T-Shirts.html?searchpv=aponline # # May 16, 2001 # # Target to Stop Selling FBI T - Shirts # # By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS # # DALLAS (AP) -- The FBI has asked retailer Target Corp. to stop # selling T-shirts that agents say puts them in danger. # # Dallas television station KTVT reported Wednesday the FBI recently # asked the retailer to remove the shirts. # # ``Based on the concerns made by the FBI, we have made the decision # to discontinue carrying the FBI T-shirts,'' said Kristin Jahnke, # a spokeswoman for Minneapolis-based Target. The blue and yellow # T-shirts have ``F-B-I'' on the front and back, which agents # complain is very similar to the shirts they sometimes wear. # # The shirts are part of an apparel line that also copies uniforms # worn by security guards and jail inmates. # # FBI spokeswoman Lori Bailey said Target, which has more than # 970 stores across the United States, is the largest retailer # known to sell the T-shirts.
