Richard Tafoya
Nov 27th, 2008, 12:25 AM
ABC News:
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6338514&page=1
Uniformed police officers have flooded New York City's Penn Station, home to the Long Island Rail Road, following a warning from the FBI (http://www.abcnews.com/images/Blotter/Homeland%20Security%20Warning.pdf) of a "plausible but unsubstantiated" threat of a terrorist bomb attack against the system during the holidays.
Law enforcement officials tell ABCNews.com, the plot involved a "Madrid-like attack," a reference to the synchronized bombing of the commuter rail system in Spain in March 2004 that killed 191 people.
Click here to read the full FBI warning. (http://www.abcnews.com/images/Blotter/Homeland%20Security%20Warning.pdf)
A terror suspect arrested in Pakistan by the FBI in recent days provided authorities with details of a bomb plot against the Long Island Rail Road and other information that led to series of high level intelligence and law enforcement conference calls over the past 24 hour and the issuing of a bulletin warning of an unspecified holiday attack on the New York City region's commuter rail system, ABC News has learned.
The suspect - according to some reports the arrest took place in Pakistan - recently met with Al Qaeda leaders and was able to provide authorities with significant detail as to how the plotters would have carried out an attack if their plans had gotten beyond the so-called "aspirational" stage.
Authorities had no evidence to substantiate the suspect's charges and there is no evidence of any active plot, multiple officials said.
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6338514&page=1
Uniformed police officers have flooded New York City's Penn Station, home to the Long Island Rail Road, following a warning from the FBI (http://www.abcnews.com/images/Blotter/Homeland%20Security%20Warning.pdf) of a "plausible but unsubstantiated" threat of a terrorist bomb attack against the system during the holidays.
Law enforcement officials tell ABCNews.com, the plot involved a "Madrid-like attack," a reference to the synchronized bombing of the commuter rail system in Spain in March 2004 that killed 191 people.
Click here to read the full FBI warning. (http://www.abcnews.com/images/Blotter/Homeland%20Security%20Warning.pdf)
A terror suspect arrested in Pakistan by the FBI in recent days provided authorities with details of a bomb plot against the Long Island Rail Road and other information that led to series of high level intelligence and law enforcement conference calls over the past 24 hour and the issuing of a bulletin warning of an unspecified holiday attack on the New York City region's commuter rail system, ABC News has learned.
The suspect - according to some reports the arrest took place in Pakistan - recently met with Al Qaeda leaders and was able to provide authorities with significant detail as to how the plotters would have carried out an attack if their plans had gotten beyond the so-called "aspirational" stage.
Authorities had no evidence to substantiate the suspect's charges and there is no evidence of any active plot, multiple officials said.