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Glenn ..

[The US] Government possesses “a handwritten notebook that discusses tampering with tracks to derail a train on a bridge” .. The reality, as The New York Times noted deep in its article, was that “the information was both dated and vague,” and the official called it merely “aspirational,” acknowledging that “there was no evidence the discussion of rail attacks had moved beyond the conceptual stage”. In other words, these documents contain little more than a vague expression on the part of Al Qaeda to target railroads in major American cities .. hardly a surprise and — despite the scary headlines — hardly constituting any sort of substantial, tangible threat .. But no matter. Even in death, bin Laden continues to serve the valuable role of justifying always-increasing curtailments of liberty and expansions of government power .. “Sen. Schumer proposes “no-ride list” for Amtrak trains” .. So Al Qaeda breathes the word “trains” and Schumer jumps and demands the creation of a massive, expensive and oppressive new Security State program to keep thousands and thousands of people off trains

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