Saturday, July 08, 2006
N.Y. tunnel plot foiled
A terrorist plot to attack New York train tunnels was thwarted before the men, one believed to be Canadian, could travel to the U.S., authorities said yesterday.
Eight suspects, including an al-Qaida loyalist arrested in Lebanon and two others in custody elsewhere, had hoped to pull off the attack in October or November, U.S. federal officials said.
"It was never a concern that this would actually be executed," said Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. "We were, as I say, all over this." [read more]
