{"id":12275,"date":"2011-07-28T05:27:34","date_gmt":"2011-07-28T05:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utu.org\/?p=12275"},"modified":"2011-07-28T05:27:34","modified_gmt":"2011-07-28T05:27:34","slug":"1-grey-sedan-2-unknown-occupants-a-tsa-mystery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/1-grey-sedan-2-unknown-occupants-a-tsa-mystery\/","title":{"rendered":"1 grey sedan, 2 unknown occupants & a TSA mystery","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
Witnesses say it\u2019s a grey sedan.<\/p>\n
A grey four-door sedan — occupied by two men.<\/p>\n
A grey four-door sedan occupied by two men that shows up at railroad facilities.<\/p>\n
The men claim to work for the Federal Railroad Administration. That say they are there to inspect a bridge, or to observe train and engine crews switching tank cars in a yard.<\/p>\n
But when asked for their identification, the two men immediately drive away in their grey sedan.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s the story told by a Canadian Pacific railroad bridge tender in Milwaukee, Wis.,\u00a0and 31 hours later by a Union Pacific supervisor 2,100 miles southwest of Milwaukee at a UP yard in Long\u00a0 Beach, Calif., where tank cars were being switched.<\/p>\n
Although the bridge tender notified Canadian Pacific police, and the UP supervisor notified the FRA \u2013 both providing a description of the vehicle and the two occupants — neither was able to obtain the vehicle\u2019s license plate number.<\/p>\n
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is investigating. The FRA said that in neither of the reported incidents were their employees nearby.<\/p>\n
For it to be the same vehicle and same pair of men in Milwaukee and Long Beach — 2,100 miles apart — they would have had to travel non-stop at 68 mph for 31 hours.<\/p>\n
So, could they be separate sets of federal officers in a similar sedan testing security awareness? If not, then \u2026?<\/p>\n
It\u2019s the, \u201cIf not, then \u2026 ?\u201d that is so properly worrisome in this era of worldwide terror attacks.<\/p>\n
The FRA and TSA continue to remind front-line rail employees that they are the critical eyes and ears first able to spot and report potential terrorist activity.<\/p>\n
Advises the FRA and TSA:<\/p>\n
*<\/strong> Request credentials of any person claiming to be an official government inspector, law-enforcement officer or representative.<\/p>\n *<\/strong> When observing a suspect vehicle, record its description (type, color, make, model, number of doors) and license plate number.<\/p>\n *<\/strong> Stay vigilant for suspicious people, behaviors, activities, and objects at and near rail facilities.<\/p>\n *<\/strong> Report potential security concerns to the railroad’s communications or operations center, following individual railroad procedures for such reporting.<\/p>\n *<\/strong> Review these procedures with other employees and supervisors during awareness briefings.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Witnesses say it\u2019s a grey sedan. A grey four-door sedan — occupied by two men. A grey four-door sedan occupied by two men that shows up at railroad facilities. The men claim to work for the Federal Railroad Administration. That say they are there to inspect a bridge, or to observe train and engine crews […]<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,18],"tags":[1090,175,1194,442,412,1195],"member_types":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n