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FBI Investigating Possible Sabotage of Chicago Commuter Train Tracks

Thursday, September 27, 2007

CHICAGO — The FBI is investigating whether a section of commuter train tracks was sabotaged after Metra workers discovered a dozen railroad spikes missing in an area on Chicago’s South Side.

The spikes hold down metal plates that bind the rails to wooden ties.

“If a sufficient number of spikes are removed in a contained location, there’s the potential for the rail to shift, which would lead to disastrous results and train derailment,” said Federal Railroad Administration spokesman Steve Kulm.

Metra employees discovered the missing spikes Monday and notified police and federal authorities, including the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration, which investigates threats to planes and trains.

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Report: Terror Screening Database Results in Many Questionings, but Few Arrests

Saturday, August 25, 2007

The federal government’s terrorist screening database led to nearly 20,000 people being stopped for questioning, but only a small fraction of those questioned led to an arrest or denial of entry into the country, according to a report in the Washington Post.

According to Customs and Border Protection officials, who logged slightly more than half of the 20,000 database hits, only 550 people were arrested or denied entry. Customs and FBI officials did not provide data on the other half of those database hits, but the FBI indicated that the number of arrests were small, the Post reported.

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