Fearmongering for the Holiday: NY subway terror threat emerges on busy travel day

[Ghost in the Machine]

NY subway terror threat emerges on busy travel day
Published: 11/27/08, 6:45 AM EDT
By DEVLIN BARRETT and TOM HAYS
NEW YORK (AP) - Police bolstered security in subways and trains Wednesday after the government warned that al-Qaida suicide bombers were contemplating an attack on New York's mass-transit systems during the holiday season.

An internal memo obtained by The Associated Press says the FBI has received a "plausible but unsubstantiated" report that al-Qaida terrorists in late September may have discussed attacking the subway system.

The internal bulletin says al-Qaida terrorists "in late September may have discussed targeting transit systems in and around New York City. These discussions reportedly involved the use of suicide bombers or explosives placed on subway/passenger rail systems," according to the document.

"We have no specific details to confirm that this plot has developed beyond aspirational planning, but we are issuing this warning out of concern that such an attack could possibly be conducted during the forthcoming holiday season," according to the warning dated Tuesday.


A person briefed on the matter, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the intelligence-gathering work, said the threat may also be directed at the passenger rail lines running through New York, such as Amtrak and the Long Island Rail Road, which are particularly busy with Thanksgiving holiday travelers.

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So there was no specific plot, no specific details, and is reported by an anonymous source who can't be named because of security reasons...


YEAH, RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHGHT...... :eyes:

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

[MadMaddie]

1. Scaring the public on unfounded threats should be a crime in

itself. It's interesting that it was released the same time the attacks were going on in former Bombay - just sayin.....

[stray cat]

2. It was released before the Bombay attacks

[MadMaddie]

3. Even more suspicious....

[Warpy]

4. They trot that one out pretty reliably

every time there's an attack anywhere else in the world. It's just more GOP fearmongering.

I am so glad those people will soon be gone.

[Art_from_Ark]

5. Are they really going to be gone?

Or will a lot of them wind up in Obama's recycle bin?

[Warpy]

6. I can't imagine he'll keep many stupid GOPs in his administration

If they'd demonstrated competence over the last 8 years, they might have a chance, but none of them has demonstrated the smallest evidence of competence.

[madeline_con]

7. Fabricated by the "I told you so!" club. n/t