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Schumer Calls For ‘Do Not Ride’ List For Amtrak

May 8, 2011 11:59 PM
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NEW YORK (WCBS 880/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.”

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Schumer said Sunday that he will push for the creation of a “do not ride” list for Amtrak. The list would be similar to the no-fly list that keeps those suspected of terrorism from flying into or out of the United States.

Notes and computer materials seized from bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan last Sunday showed bin Laden wanted to strike American cities again and discussed ways to attack trains.

Schumer is calling for increased funding for rail security in light of the new intelligence.

The New York Democrat says the U.S. must remain vigilant in protecting itself from future attacks.

How safe do you think the trains are right now? Tell us in our comments section below.

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  • kvnfl

    Do enough people ride Amtrak to require a “do not ride list”? A better solution would be to limit Amtrak to profitable routes, only. And the number of profitable routes is 2. It would be very easy to police 2 routes. And if they became unprofitable, end them, too.

  • speedy

    every muslim must be considered a potential terrorist.

    • emery

      STFU MORON……….

      • speedy

        @emery

        Make me!

      • truth

        @speedy you should change your name Hook Line and Sinker because you buy all the propoganda. Moron.

  • LUCKY LOU LOU

    WHEN one gives away their liberties for safety, they end up without either one……
    Our founding fathers warned us!
    GO TO infowars or European news pages and see what a farce the Bin Laden “take down” and dunked in the drink story is……all the contradictions.
    POLICE STATE INCOMING
    The most humble, non elitist Schumer knows exactly what his job entails.
    The fake OBL video – watching himself on TV should of had a guy with same ear using his left hand. FBI stated long ago OBL was left handed.

    • whitneymuse

      The problem is the question asked if I agreed with Schumer; I cannot agree with Schumer on anything.

  • L

    Coming from someone who rides trains on a regular basis, I have always been astounded at the lack of security. And as for whoever said “what are they gonna do, drive the train into a building?” … Are you ignorant? A bomb in a train station could take out hundreds of people. So I agree that we at least need metal detectors, a no-ride list and x-ray machines for baggage. Trains have NO security.

    • richard

      OK so how much of a delay will you accept? one hour on each end? BTW: I’m former military, former NW pilot and security is BS at Boston and Orlando, I can show you (I won’t) how to get on a plane with anything you want any time you want. Hint: the service people do not go through that screening you see at the front door…..there is a back door.

      Where does this stop. A tractor trailer could be easily filled with 40 tons of Timothy McVie gas anfertilizerer, look what a van size bomb did, now think what 10 times thaamountnd would do in down town NYC! So what now search every big truck on the road in every city? Heck a person with a 30 pound bomb in a shopping cart could take out an entire Walmart. So where do you stop?

      • decora

        i had no idea that shopping carts were so dangerous! clearly, we need to ban them.

    • Tim M

      If you want to do damage to a train, you don’t even need a bomb. Just damage the tracks and the train will derail. Money spent on security in train stations would be money squandered on the national security gravy train.

      If you don’t want to take a chance on being hurt by a terrorist, stay home! Your chances of dying by car accident are so much greater.

      • Jim K

        The chances of being hurt by idiot politicians like up-Chuck is our most dangerous daily risk.

        We need a No Politician List!

    • Julie

      And I think the you and your entire family should have to be patted down by perverts dressed in official uniforms every single time you use public transportation and even your own vehicle. In fact all of you should be patted down and searched before walking out of your house..

      • Pat Medown

        You volunteering Julie?

    • RPM

      A “don’t get on the train” list isn’t going to keep a bomb out of a terminal (and it probably wouldn’t keep it off the train, either) The train itself isn’t a worthwhile target, especially compared to many others that are available.

    • mqg25

      A better suggestion would be that we would need very little security at airports and train stations if this country’s foreign policy of “Pax Romana” would change and we start minding our own business by getting the hell out of the Middle East.

  • snapper

    Chuck is a dolt. Thought we were supposed to be encouraging the use of public transportation not making it more difficult.

    Personally, I’m pushing for a do-not-speak list for elected officials…

  • Van Wehrle

    Where has Chuck been for the past 10 years? He just now realized that we have no train security? Typical politician.

  • JimM57

    Has this guy EVER had an original thought? Amtrak? Really? Hey “Senator REAR VIEW MIRROR”, have you ever heard of Metro-North, the LIRR, the NYC Subway system, these are the targets they’ll look to? This guy is the most useless talking head we have ever sent to Washington. To think we’ve gone from Moynihan & D’Amato to Gillibarand & Schumer makes me weep.

  • TomA

    What a moron. What are they gonna do? Drive the train into a building? What exactly is the threat?

    • Richard

      Hey tom check out “chuckie” the guy is a putz big time. The guy thinks only police should have guns but HIM ….yes he has a NYC gun license but won’t admit it.

  • Alan

    I have only one thing to say. RODIN You’re an idiot, get a life or better yet a woman How about it Rodin, HUH?

    • Rodin

      You’re up at 4 AM doing this and You’re telling ME to get a life???

      I’m retired after a fruitful, magical life. I did my time. I am too old to die young.
      - I have all the time in the world to use or waste as I please.

      - I have a wife of 33 years, 15 years my junior who loves me to death.

      - I have three beautiful Dogs who think I’m god and greet me li I was the Beatles when I walk in the house.

      - I have two homes, one here in NY State and one in Canada, “America on lithium.” I don’t have to fret about your healthcare squabbles.

      - I got a first class education.

      - I have visited every place on the planet that ever interested me.

      You are irrelevant to my life. I could care less what you think of me. I don’t need you and I’M SURE YOU CAN DO VERY WEL WITHOUT ME.

      Count your blessings and see if they add up, LOSER.

      • Michael McPherson

        - I got a first class education.

        Obviously grammar wasn’t included?

  • Average Joe

    U.S. taxpayers give Billion$ and Billion$ to Israel….more than any other country….while unemployment and homeless are at record high.

    • Rodin

      “Every time anyone says that Israel is our only friend in the Middle East, I can’t help but think that before Israel, we had no enemies in the Middle East.”

      ~ JOHN SHEEHAN, S.J.

      • Brian Gooch

        You do know that this John Sheehan SJ is a fictional blog? John Sheehan was chosen because it was Irish and Jesuit making it sound legit. It seems plausable…. Argument from Authority is even less valid when the supposed authority is fake.

  • Howie sprague

    I think it’s a wise idea that would make it more difficult for terrorists to do their dirty work. Unfortunately, the Republicans have backlogged the National Security database while they check to make sure that none of the 9/11 First Responders are on the terrorist watch list … GOP = The brilliance of CEO’s … LOL

    • William J. Dunaj

      What a great idea! ID check everyone who wants to use trains, bridges, tunnels and then everyone will be waiting in lines for hours or days, NY will shut down, noone can work, tax money will stop feeding the politicians so they will impose a new tax on waiting in lines, but since noone can get to work to pay them the politicians will go back to mugging people on the street. I wonder where Schumer lives, it can’t be NY or he would realize the city could not function if everyone were ID checked on trains etc. Just another stupid tax , spend, and pander Democrat.

    • steamdwarf

      this is a great idea to create more jobs. TSA agents molesting children 24/7 at every train station. give me a break (and the schumer guy a retirement in Pakistan).

  • Dale Auburn

    The problem with using the “terror watch list” is that the list has NOTHING to do with terrorism. It’s mostly little old ladies and 6-month-old infants and U.S. Senators and anybody who ever disagreed with George Bush.

    • Michael McPherson

      When you people wake up and get of of the Dem / Repub paradigm maybe we can save this country.

  • nathan

    I took amtrak to dc rt a cpl wks ago. There is absolutely no security whatsoever on the trains. Its only a matter of time…

    • Fanny Forbes Franklen

      It’s only a matter of time? What, that the government run a false flag event?

      ——- http://911essentials.com

      The government is being watched like a crack head standing in line at a pharmacy.

      We are all watching …

  • caleb goldfarb

    Keep all of Satan’s Islamic Dogs in their pen. That would be HELL.

    • Rodin

      …and Jews in Pig pens, Goldfart?

      “There is honor in being a Dog.”
      ~ ARISTOTLE
      Greek philosopher
      (384-324 BC)

      “Here, Gentlemen, a Dog teaches us a lesson in humanity.”
      ~ NAPOLEON
      BONAPARTE
      French emperor
      1769-1821

      “The world was conquered through the understanding of Dogs; the world exists through the understanding of Dogs.”
      ~ FRIEDRICH
      NIETZSCHE

      “The dog represents all that is best in man.”
      ETIENNE
      CHARLET

      “Dogs are blameless, devoid of calculation, neither blessed nor cursed with human motives. They can’t really be held responsible for what they do.
      But we can.”
      ~ JON KATZ
      American author

      “I care not for a man’s religion whose Dog and cat are not the better for it.”
      ~ ABRAHAM
      LINCOLN

      “I always like a Dog so long as he isn’t spelled backward.”
      ~ G.K. CHESTERTON
      English writer
      1874-1936

      “After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands.”
      ~ FRIEDRICH
      NIETZSCHE

      “I’d rather the company of a Dog than of any Christian, Muslim or Jew.”
      ~ ME

      “RELIGION IS FAITH BASED BIGOTRY AND GOD SANCTIONED HATRED.”
      ~ ibid.

      • Joe Dirt

        woof-woof

      • Fanny Forbes Franklen

        “For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.” ~ H. L. Mencken

        —– http://911essentials.com

      • Rodin

        @ Joe Dirt

        DOUBLE WOOF to you too.

        @ Fanny Forbes Franklen

        One of my absolute favourite writers. I highly recommend “H.L. Mancken on Religion” – Prometheus Books

        “A Dog is very religious and its religion is free from superstition. The god it believes in is its master, and that god actually exists, and is actually concerned about its welfare, and actually rewards it and punishes it, on a plan comprehensible to Dogs and meeting with their approval, for its virtues and vices. Dogs need not waste any time over insoluble theological problems. Their god is plainly visible and wholly understandable — they have no need of clergy to guess for them, mislead them and get them into trouble.” ~ H.L. Mencken

  • GLORIA

    CHUCK IS RIGHT
    WE NEED A DO NOT RIDE LIST
    GIVE CHUCK CREDIT
    HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE
    WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF THIS.
    MAYBE TRUMP COULD MAKE
    CHUCK HIS VICE PRESIDENT.

    • Jeff Cooper

      lol @ how many other people would have thought of this…
      Schumer isn’t the first person to suggest this but the media sure is going to give him credit after UBL’s expanded terror plots have come to light.

      Those who had suggested we secure trains and buses during the past 10+ years weren’t taken seriously because EVERYONE believed that air travel was the main focus of the terrorists. But per usual, there is this a rush to the camera to score political points.

    • http://mackers-world.com Macker

      What was thet? I can’t hear you over all that shouting! 8)

  • Rodin

    As long as those listed can still buy guns, a right Constitutionally protected under the 2nd Amendment, WHY NOT ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

    • richard

      I’m confused. so people that are on the list because of some BS like they write harshly to the TSA should not be able to own guns?

  • Rodin

    Now this is what I call a lovely, thoughtful comment. Do you eat with that mouth?

  • dg

    Hey Chuck – How about the bridges, tunnels and tracks?.

  • jack nicolas

    Chuckie, your recommendatio is impractical!! improving security on the trains by adding surviellence cameras, security personnel to inspect trians randomly, install audio/video systems to encourage public awareness of violence and to report any illegal activities and at the same time, the system should be informative of what the Amtrack is doing to improve such security. Do Not Ride recommendation can create legal issue relates to discrimination and law sues. Chuckie, wake up and smell the coffee! come up with better ideas or retire>

    • Kim

      We could learn how to impliment this from our comrades the Soviets. They have perfected this years ago.

      • Jerimia

        We could learn a lot from the old KGB they knew how to control a population! Well Janet?

  • JR

    Use the same freaking list they use for airlines, the system is already in place. But, I am betting that the US Goverment will spend millions to replicate the same system, because they are not smart!

    • Dale Auburn

      The problem with that list is that it has NOTHING to do with terrorism. The list is full of little old ladies and 6-month-old infants and U.S. Senators and anybody who ever disagreed with George Bush.

  • Kevin

    Chuckie the Cheese,
    Why don’t you have a list for the subway and motor traffic…you nut!

    • RemedialEd

      Exactly right! If we really want to protect the trains, how do we protect the thousands of miles of track?

  • jerseyjoey

    RODIN your not alot of things you say, Anytime someone says what they are not they are worse. Just make your post and thats that, I myself am an Proud Conservative American. There is no what im nots in my posts, Liberals on here know my stance. But i Do how ever do not disagree with you posting on schumer or lieberman.

  • Paul Kohloff

    f law abiding citizens were aloud to carry there would be less of them towel heads

    • Kanwarjeet Singh

      You might want to do some reading. The only people who wear turbans in the US are Sikhs who have been fighting fundamentalist Islam for 500 years. Too much FOX/CNN has deprived America of common sense and intelligence.

      • Paul Kohloff

        Kanwarjeet,

        I wasn’t speaking of Sikhs, but of the people who have actual towels on their heads, like when they’re fresh out of the shower: it sickens me to see this.

  • Rodin

    This man will do anything to grab a headline. Why doesn’t someone shut his trap, chop off his index finger and push his ‘spectacles’ up that greasy nose.

    BTW, I’m NOT a Republican, NOT a conservative, NOT a Tea partier, NOT a liberal, NOT a Democrat. I do find this man, his face, and his politics and politicking a real nuisance.

    Worse than Lieberman!

    • Kevin

      Did you know that Lieberman kissed Qaddafi’s behind a year ago in Tripoli while the Lockerbie murderer was going free. Total slimeball.

  • Kevin

    As Curtis would say…here comes “Chucky the Cheese” Shumer out of the woodwork for the weekend.

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