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Police consider drastic measures after failed terror plot October 28, 2010 - 4:19pm WASHINGTON -- The day after federal investigators unveiled an unsuccessful terrorist plot against the D.C. Metro system, transit police are considering implementing one of the most controversial security measures available to them. Metro police now believe they may have to resort to random bag searches, after learning of the FBI's Wednesday arrest <http://wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=2095662> of Farooque Ahmed, 34, of Ashburn, Va., for helping to plan an attack on the D.C. subways. "We will definitely look at that," Metro Transit Police Chief Michael Taborn tells WTOP. "That is one of the initiatives that was recommended (by the Federal Transit Administration) to many transit agencies -- Boston, New York. So it is a methodology that can be used." Two years ago, Metro announced <http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/news/PressReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=2324 > that it was going to start random bag searches, but those never materialized. According to the 2008 release, a team of specially-trained transit police officers would begin looking into passengers' bags, including briefcases, backpacks, boxes, gym bags, suitcases and purses. Inspection points would be set up at Metro facilities and passengers would go through inspections before entering a rail station or boarding a bus, the release stated. Metro's Board of Directors has been very hesitant to allow the bag search program to go forward, a Metro source tells WTOP. "They have said to the chief, you better have a real good reason to start doing it," the source says. Taborn says he will revisit the idea with the Metro board. "It could be a quick 15 to 30 second invasion. It doesn't mean that I am going into your backpack. It could be simply a swab just to make sure that you don't have explosives on your body, or things of that nature," says Taborn. But Metro Board Chair Peter Benjamin believes this measure may not yet be necessary. "I think what we have at this point is an indication that everything is working well," he says. Follow Adam Tuss on Twitter <http://twitter.com/atuss> . (Copyright 2010 by WTOP. All Rights Reserved.) Adam Tuss <http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=79&sid=677384> , wtop.com WASHINGTON -- The day after federal investigators unveiled an unsuccessful terrorist plot against the D.C. Metro system, transit police are considering implementing one of the most controversial security measures available to them. Metro police now believe they may have to resort to random bag searches, after learning of the FBI's Wednesday arrest <http://wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=2095662> of Farooque Ahmed, 34, of Ashburn, Va., for helping to plan an attack on the D.C. subways. "We will definitely look at that," Metro Transit Police Chief Michael Taborn tells WTOP. "That is one of the initiatives that was recommended (by the Federal Transit Administration) to many transit agencies -- Boston, New York. So it is a methodology that can be used." Two years ago, Metro announced <http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/news/PressReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=2324 > that it was going to start random bag searches, but those never materialized. According to the 2008 release, a team of specially-trained transit police officers would begin looking into passengers' bags, including briefcases, backpacks, boxes, gym bags, suitcases and purses. Inspection points would be set up at Metro facilities and passengers would go through inspections before entering a rail station or boarding a bus, the release stated. Metro's Board of Directors has been very hesitant to allow the bag search program to go forward, a Metro source tells WTOP. "They have said to the chief, you better have a real good reason to start doing it," the source says. Taborn says he will revisit the idea with the Metro board. "It could be a quick 15 to 30 second invasion. It doesn't mean that I am going into your backpack. It could be simply a swab just to make sure that you don't have explosives on your body, or things of that nature," says Taborn. But Metro Board Chair Peter Benjamin believes this measure may not yet be necessary. "I think what we have at this point is an indication that everything is working well," he says. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. 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