U.S. Warns of Possible Attack on Rail, Transit

May 23, 2002

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Department of Transportation has issued a warning about possible attacks on rail and transit systems across the country, law enforcement officials said on Thursday.

The department's warning was sent out on Wednesday and was based on unconfirmed and uncorroborated information, one official said.

The FBI was consulted by the Department of Transportation, but it did not put out a matching warning or advisory to law enforcement officials across the country, an official said.

This is the latest of a series of warnings eight months after hijacked airplanes slammed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field on Sept. 11, killing about 3,000 people.

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