Terror in transit?
An outlandish plot to attack the 91 Freeway is just the latest in several aborted efforts to commit terrorism at transportation hubs, law enforcement authorities say:
2000: Plot uncovered to attack Los Angeles International Airport.
2003: Man plots to cut cable supports for the Brooklyn Bridge.
2006: Group talks of blowing up a train tunnel under the Hudson River, causing massive flooding.
2006: Men plot to blow up gas storage tanks and lines leading to John F. Kennedy International Airport.
2008: Man talked of using a suitcase bomb in the river tunnel on Long Island Railroad.
2009: Men plot bombings in the New York subway system.
2012: Men accused of a plot to blow up a bridge near Cleveland.
Source: Times reports; New York Police Department
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