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Stealthy things happening at train stations
SFGATE.com ^ | Sunday, June 28, 2009 | Sebastian Rotella

Posted on 07/02/2009 12:31:40 PM PDT by Cindy

(06-28) 04:00 PDT Brussels, Belgium --

SNIPPET: "Like many spy tales in fiction and reality, "Background to Danger" begins in a train station."

SNIPPET: "Fast-forward six decades into a transformed landscape. Europe has erased internal borders. Instead of fighting Nazis or Communists, spy agencies use satellites and wiretaps to track Islamic terrorists who conspire on the Internet.

But one thing has not changed much. Trains, stations and the gritty neighborhoods that surround them are often the backdrop to danger."

SNIPPET: "In a train station, after all, you never know who might be listening."

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: counterterrorism; espionage; train; trainstation

1 posted on 07/02/2009 12:31:40 PM PDT by Cindy
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Hat Tip: OSINT.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com

http://osint.internet-haganah.com/archives/001593.html

July 02, 2009
“HOT SPOTS THEORY MEETS COUNTER-TERRORISM”


2 posted on 07/02/2009 12:32:38 PM PDT by Cindy
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3 posted on 07/02/2009 12:43:13 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Cicero

Alfred Hitchock...master of suspense.


4 posted on 07/02/2009 12:46:41 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cicero

Strangers is much better than Lady.


5 posted on 07/02/2009 12:52:57 PM PDT by AceMineral (Offically unapproved of since 1973)
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To: Cindy

Interesting article. I can see how it would be much more plausible in Europe, having experienced their train system about 10 years ago.


6 posted on 07/02/2009 1:12:03 PM PDT by Oorang (Tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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Different, but I like them both.


7 posted on 07/02/2009 1:40:48 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Oorang

Yep, I thought so too.

Thinking of train and bus stations.


8 posted on 07/02/2009 10:10:17 PM PDT by Cindy
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