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Feds Ask for Vigilance on Trains Based on Info from Bin Laden Compound
NBC News ^ | Thursday, May 5, 2011 | By Jonathan Dienst and Shimon Prokupecz

Posted on 05/05/2011 3:27:58 PM PDT by Fitzy_888

An advisory has been sent to law enforcement officials advising them to be vigilant about train security based on information uncovered after the death of Osama bin Laden, officials said.

Officials stressed the advisory is general in nature and the information apparently uncovered from the bin Laden compound dates back more than a year.

According to NBC News, U.S. officials say they have not found reference to specific plots. Instead, they say they've found what they call "aspirational" items -- events al-Qaida operatives were interested in trying to make happen.

A government advisory sent Thursday says that as far back as February 2010, al-Qaida was contemplating "an operation against trains at an unspecified location in the United States on the 10th anniversary" of the 9/11 attacks.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnewyork.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: binladen; train
Sounds reasonable...almost galvanizing given the political slant of commuter rail riders in general. Got that.
1 posted on 05/05/2011 3:28:01 PM PDT by Fitzy_888
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To: Fitzy_888

This is a transparent ploy to increase TSA presence at rail stations. We need more government workers like 0sama needs another hole in the head.


2 posted on 05/05/2011 3:34:33 PM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: Fitzy_888
Public transportation

Because nobody wants to die alone.

3 posted on 05/05/2011 3:38:04 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: Fitzy_888

This so the TSA can start strip searching 6 year olds at train stations.


4 posted on 05/05/2011 3:41:28 PM PDT by spodefly (This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
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To: Fitzy_888

They found a downloaded Kindle book he bought from Amazon for his kid: “The little choo-choo that could”


5 posted on 05/05/2011 3:48:59 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

“This is a transparent ploy to increase TSA presence at rail stations. We need more government workers like 0sama needs another hole in the head.”

Yes, and I’m sure they’ll manufacture something if they need too.


6 posted on 05/05/2011 4:38:09 PM PDT by dljordan ("His father's sword he hath girded on, And his wild harp slung behind him")
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To: spodefly

Gropenfuhrer Incompetento demands it! She is”Strapped and ready”!(BARF)


7 posted on 05/05/2011 5:31:25 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

“This is a transparent ploy to increase TSA presence at rail stations.”

Yup. Never let a good crisis go to waste.


8 posted on 05/05/2011 5:33:02 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: ViLaLuz

On the other hand, a great reason to avoid building “high speed rail”


9 posted on 05/05/2011 5:34:48 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: Fitzy_888

It sounds like old intel. Now big sis Janet Ice Cream will be frisking everyone on amtrack.


10 posted on 05/05/2011 5:37:49 PM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (Allen West 2012 Make it happen!)
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To: Fitzy_888

Duh...all modes of transportation are at risk from muslim terrorists, anytime, anywhere. The crime is our govt allowing them to be here, to execute their evil deeds.

Strip searching us, our grandmas, and our children, is not due vigilance.

Due vigilance would be denying entry, and protecting our borders. Due vigilance would be sending muslims in the US packin, til this war is over.

For those who might find this solution a bit extreme, recall those muslim terrorists involved in 911, came here legally. They simply flew right into country, with the necessary paperwork.

We will never win the WOT, til our govt accepts the fact, Islam is not a religion of peace. Until then, we are all at risk to be blown to tiny bits of flesh and bone, anytime, anywhere.

Political correctness, and appeasement, will get us all killed. Fight the war on terror as if it is a war. Otherwise, live in fear, be strip searched, lose freedom, and eventually concede to sharia law, in the USA.


11 posted on 05/05/2011 6:14:19 PM PDT by takenoprisoner (Repeal the 16th amendment . Send Islam packing to their homeland.)
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To: Zuben Elgenubi
This is a transparent ploy to increase TSA presence at rail stations.

Or even worse, we now know where he plans on building these "new" high-speed trains which he is going to spend all of our tax dollars upon!!!
12 posted on 05/05/2011 6:18:17 PM PDT by ExTxMarine ("Convictions are more dangerous to truth than lies." ~ F. Nietzsche)
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To: takenoprisoner
Fight the war on terror as if it is a war.

The problem is that we have not fought a war to win since WWII (or maybe the First Gulf War)! Every other combat has been fought to appease (Korea, Vietnam, WOT, etc...)!!!!

I fear that this will become a WWIII without truly knowing who the real enemies are until it is too-late, or at the very least, VERY-LATE!! I continue to pray for The United States of America!
13 posted on 05/05/2011 6:33:14 PM PDT by ExTxMarine ("Convictions are more dangerous to truth than lies." ~ F. Nietzsche)
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To: ExTxMarine

“I continue to pray for The United States of America! “

As do I. We are not a lost cause, yet.

semper fi bro


14 posted on 05/05/2011 7:33:47 PM PDT by takenoprisoner (Repeal the 16th amendment . Send Islam packing to their homeland.)
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To: Fitzy_888

Somewhere Willie Green is crying in his beer.


15 posted on 05/05/2011 7:49:06 PM PDT by Qbert ("The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry" - William F. Buckley, Jr.)
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

Yes here comes the TSA. Sexually assaulting you for your own good.


16 posted on 05/05/2011 9:17:21 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Fitzy_888

Beware of those who drape towels over their heads and smell of goats.


17 posted on 05/06/2011 12:48:00 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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