THE BRIDGE--AND--TUNNEL PROBLEM.(security and terrorism)(Brief Article)

Publication: The New Yorker

Publication Date: 03-JUN-02

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The police began searching trucks and vans at the city's river crossings again last week, following reports that the captured Al Qaeda operative Abu Zubaydah had claimed that his organization was targeting New York City landmarks. Traffic snarled, reminding some people of the epic jam of September 27th, when truck inspections and new restrictions on single-occupancy vehicles helped produce what Department of Transportation Commissioner Iris Weinshall called "the single worst traffic jam in New York City history." But if terrorism does return to New York, and if it comes in the form of a car bomb, one can expect these searches to become routine, and that poses a serious problem. Virtually everything...

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