Government warns of terror threat to trains

In a bulletin released Friday to U.S. law enforcement officials, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is warning of “continued strong terrorist interest” in targeting mass transit systems in the U.S. The 10-page threat assessment, labeled “Unclassified/For Official Use Only” and obtained by NBC News, cautions that the “U.S. mass transit and passenger rail systems are vulnerable to terrorist attacks because they are accessible to large numbers of the public and are notoriously difficult to secure.” Previous rail attacks in Madrid, London and Mumbai “could inspire terrorists to conduct similar attacks in the United States,” the report adds

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This is a very lenghty read. If you like I'll sum up the 10 page report in one sentence.


Be very very afraid, even though there's neither any actual threat nor anything you can do about it.


Oh well. Some warning is better than no warning.

[edit on 9-3-2008 by Master_Wii]

[edit on 9-3-2008 by Master_Wii]

[edit on 9-3-2008 by Master_Wii]