Rail Systems Warned of Possible Threat
Friday, May 24, 2002
WASHINGTON — The Transportation Department has warned transit and other railroad systems about possible terrorist attacks, a department official said Friday.
Spokesman Chet Lunner said the information that triggered the alert cited "unconfirmed, non-specific reports that indicated attacks" that were being considered against subway trains.
The department sent the alert to all subways and other railroad systems, including commuter rail, passenger railroads and freight companies.
The warning did not mention any specific cities nor did it warn of possible multiple attacks.
The advisory asked transit system operators to "remain in a heightened state of alert," Lunner said.
A source speaking on condition of anonymity said such attacks most likely would involve explosives.
Also, the FBI is publicly warning about a possible terrorist threat from scuba divers.
In a bulletin sent to state and local law enforcement agencies, the FBI warned that "various terrorist elements have sought to develop an offensive scuba diver capability." A U.S. law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the warning came from interviews with detainees and documents recovered in terrorism investigations. But this official declined to offer more details.
The scuba warning, which the FBI said was based on uncorroborated and unsubstantiated information, cautioned that while "there is no evidence of operational planning to utilize scuba divers to carry out attacks within the United States, there is a body of information showing the desire to obtain such capability."
The scuba warning was published on the FBI's Web site.
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