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Bloomberg cites specific threats to new york subways { October 6 2005 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/06/nyregion/06cnd-subway.html http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/06/nyregion/06cnd-subway.html October 6, 2005 Bloomberg Cites 'Specific Threat' to N.Y. Subways By VIKAS BAJAJ New York and federal officials said this evening that they had received information about a specific but unconfirmed terrorist threat to the city's transit system and that the police presence in the subways would be heightened in coming days. "This is the first time we have had a threat with this level of specificity," Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said at a televised news conference carried live by the early-evening local news broadcasts. But the mayor said the city was not raising its color-coded threat level from "orange," the second-highest in the system used since the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and he urged New Yorkers to continue using the subway system, as he said he would tonight and Friday morning, per his routine. "I believe people should live their lives as they always do and have faith in the world's greatest police department," he said. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly did suggest that riders not bring backpacks, briefcases, baby carriages and luggage if they can do without them. Police officers were stepping up the random bag searches that began after this summer's train and bus bombings in London. Mr. Bloomberg said that undercover officers would also be deployed in subway stations and trains. Information about the threat was uncovered overseas, from an intelligence operation some days ago, and officials said that United States agents had arrested several people linked to it outside New York, city and federal officials said. "Classified operations have partially disrupted this threat," Mark Mershon, assistant director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations' New York office, said at the news conference. "The F.B.I. and other U.S. personnel continue to work around the clock. Nothing that has surfaced in that investigation has corroborated an actual threat to the city." Mr. Mershon said the threat could be "resolved in the coming days," but he did not explain what he meant. The city has known about the threat for several days, the mayor said, but decided that making it public too soon "could have jeopardized the lives" of some investigators. While calling the information "more specific as to target and timing" than routine threats, the mayor said that "there are lots of different pieces of information, all of which are not necessarily consistent." He also asked subway riders to report any suspicious activity or person to the police. Copyright 2005 The New York Times Company

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