Some of the first information gleaned from Osama bin Laden's
compound indicates al-Qaida considered attacking U.S. trains
on the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, but
counterterrorism officials say they believe the plot was only
aspirational and have no recent intelligence about any active
plan for such an attack.The official message noted that it was
based on "initial reporting" and warned that such information
"is often misleading or inaccurate due to a rapidly developing
situation and is subject to change."The bulletin said,"while it
is clear there was some level of planning, we have no recent
information to indicate an active ongoing plot to target
transportation and no information on possible locations or
specific targets."The information appears to be the first widely
circulated intelligence pulled from the raid this week on bin
Laden's secret compound in Pakistan.Al-Qai'da "was looking into
trying to tip a train by tampering with the rails so that the
train would fall off the track at either a valley or a bridge,"
according to the department."It is unclear if any further planning
has been conducted since February of last year," Chandler said,
adding that the US government was "at a heightened state of
vigilance" but would not issue a new terrorism alert.The government
would "probably" be adding names to its terrorist watch list as a
result of the information gleaned from Bin Laden's computer files,
Attorney General Eric Holder told a Senate hearing Wednesday.
"While it is clear that there was some level of planning for this
type of operation in February 2010, we have no recent information
to indicate an active ongoing plot to target transportation and no
information on possible locations or specific targets," Thursday's
warning to law enforcement said.