Schumer Proposes Train 'No Ride' List

The New York Daily News reports:

America needs a "no-ride" list barring suspected terrorists from Amtrak trains because of the potential threat of an Al Qaeda attack on the U.S. rail system on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, Sen. Chuck Schumer said Sunday.

He called on Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to use the existing airline "no-fly" list for the rails, too.

"We have to be vigilant against future attacks," Schumer (D-NY) told reporters in midtown Manhattan yesterday.

A document seized from Osama Bin Laden's Pakistani compound during the Navy SEALs' daring raid last week indicates the terror group contemplated a 9/11 anniversary plot to derail a U.S. passenger train over a valley or a bridge.

Since 9/11, Al Qaeda has carried out devastating attacks on trains and subways in Spain and Britain.

Employees of Amtrak - which carried 28.7 million passengers last year - would be responsible for checking trains' passenger reservation lists against the "no-ride" list, Schumer said.