Questions Raised About Risks of Putting 200 Congressmen on One Train

Questions Raised About Risks of Putting 200 Congressmen on One Train
"Wednesday’s collision of a garbage truck with an Amtrak train carrying 200 or more Republican members of Congress to a retreat in West Virginia is raising questions about whether sufficient thought was given to security considerations.

...Gorka said terrorists specifically look for soft targets of opportunity with great symbolic value. 

A gathering of senators and representatives on an unguarded train traversing rural areas could be an inviting example of such a target.

“Terrorists look for targets of high symbolic value, and both al-Qaida and ISIS have publicly instructed their followers to attack high concentrations of unarmed civilians,” Gorka said..."

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