Thomas Galati, the commanding officer of the IntelligenceDivision, said most of those conversations were used to gauge people's reactions to overseas events.
The policy director for the Department of Homeland Security's intelligencedivision was briefly removed from his job in March when the Federal Bureau of Investigation discovered he had failed to disclose his association with Abdurahman Alamoudi, a jailed American Muslim leader.
Mario Rivera, of the department's intelligencedivision, recommended hotels have an emergency action plan, take protective measures and be vigilant of suspicious behavior.