As an intelligence professional, I understand that NSA really doesn’t care what you do with your life as long as it does not deal with terrorism. Such is the case with the recent disclosure that, through monitoring of communications, NSA discovered that Al Qaeda is/was planning a terrorist attack on high speed trains in Europe. […]
Continue ReadingTSA Says “Active Again in the Near Future”
So, we just lost some more eyes and ears that could tell us about potential terrorist or criminal threats on one of our critical infrastructures. The “First Observer” program just lost funding by the TSA. For those of you not familiar with the “First Observer” program, it was designed to have trained citizens who were […]
Continue ReadingAs Plain as the Nose on Your Face
We recently learned that Iranian intelligence agents were videotaping various infrastructures to include subway tunnels. So, now not only do we have to worry about third world terrorists, now we have to worry about professional intelligence officers. In the world of intelligence, we rely on “tipper” information. Regarding rail security, we’ve now had three “tips.” […]
Continue ReadingNew TSA Chief on Transit Security
“Protecting riders on mass-transit systems from terrorist attacks will be as high a priority as ensuring safe air travel,” the new TSA Chief told a reporter. Mr. John Pistole, the new TSA Chief and career FBI officer, also said “that some terrorists consider subway and rail cars an easier target than heavily secured planes.” He […]
Continue ReadingSenator Gets It
Last month, as a result of an investigation by KOMO news out of Seattle, Senator Maria Cantwell, D-Wa, asked the head of TSA what was going on with locomotives left unlocked and in some cases having the “reverser” sitting on the locomotive counsel on rail sidings. Mr. Pistole, TSA, said his organization and the FRA […]
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