Schumer Calls For ‘Do Not Ride’ List For Amtrak

05-09-2011 • AP

Sen. Charles Schumer is calling for better rail security now that the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound has turned up plans to attack trains in the U.S.

“Anyone, even a member of al-Qaida could purchase a train ticket and board an Amtrak train without so much as a question asked,” Schumer said. “So that’s why I’m calling for the creation of an Amtrak no ride list. That would take the secure flight program and apply it to Amtrak trains.”

1 Comments in Response to Schumer Calls For ‘Do Not Ride’ List For Amtrak

Comment by Olde Reb

Entered on: 5/10/2011 9:44:38 AM

and domestic terrorists, such as activists for peace, sellers of Liberty dollars, tax protesters, objecters to the Federal Reserve, nuclear power plant protesters, gun ownership advocates, and anybody else that resists government expanded control will be prohibited from traveling. Then the bus lines will also be controlled. Anybody who calls it a police state will also be banned.

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