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The Washington Post
WASHINGTON - The deliberate
derailment of Amtrak's Sunset Limited
in the Arizona desert Monday has raised
railroad officials' awareness that the
110,425-mile national web of track is
vulnerable to terrorism and there is little
they can do beyond heightened vigi-
lance.
It is a new feeling. Successful sabo-
tage of a passenger train is so rare,
mostly because so few die, that such
wrecks usually rate their own history
books. Railroaders usually pass them
off as random acts.
The specter of possible organized
terrorism - although far from certain
in the Arizona case -may bring about
a change in the safety culture in an
industry traditionally more worried
about trespassers and petty vandals than
terrorists.
"The idea of derailing a train for
political purposes is new in this coun-
try," said William Withuhn, transporta-
tion curator of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion.
It is unclear what safety options are
available that would not bankrupt the
industry. Freight yards and terminals
can be secured. Butunlike airlines,trains
do notjet off into the stratosphere where
security is easier to maintain. No tech-
nology is available or planned to allow
railroads to maintain surveillance of
the thousands of miles of track in the
wilderness.
Important passenger trains, such as
presidential specials, are preceded by
"pilot trains" carrying only a crew
and security personnel.'Standardiz-
ing such security measures would raise
Amtrak's federal subsidy - already
nearly $1 billion yearly--by billions
more.
AMTRAK
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Some victims remained hospitalized
yesterday. Sheriff's deputies said more
than 20 other people suffered less seri-
ous injuries.
The FBI sent about 90 agents to the
site, making this the agency's second-
biggest crime scene investigation after
the bombing last April of an Oklahoma
City federal building. The agents told a
news conference six miles from the
scene that they were calling this probe
"Operation Splitrail."
The FBI, spokesman Jack Callahan
said, "has received numerous telephone
calls (about the case) from throughout
the country." He said the investigation
"has expanded to other states."
He declined to be specific.
The state of Arizona and Maricopa
County each offered $10,000 for any
information leading to a conviction in
the case.
The manifesto discovered at the crash
site mentioned federal raids on the
Branch Davidian religious group near
Waco, Texas, and on a family at Ruby
Ridge, Idaho, whose father was being
sought on gun charges. Both raids have
been rallying causes for anti-govern-
ment extremists.
Sources close to the investigation
said the manifesto was signed "Sons of
the Gestapo" or "Sons of Gestapo."
Anti-terrorism experts said they knew.
of no such group.
PROVOST
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Machen said Monday that he agreed
to extend his work as provost until the
new president has a chance to pick a
new provost to replace him. While he
said he looks forward to continuing his
work as provost, he is more interested
in returning to the Dental School.
"I did not ask for this position, I was
asked by a lot of people to take it," he
said Monday. "I miss working as dean
of the Dental School and I have enjoyed
working as interim provost. If it is pos-
sible to feel both, I do."
Associate Vice President for Univer-
sity Affairs Lisa Baker said the regents
called the special meeting yesterday to
resolve the provost issue quickly so
they could move ahead with the presi-
dential search.
She added that the regents will not
discuss the presidential search or
Duderstadt's resignation until an offi-
cial meeting later this month.
Duderstadt said the search commit-
tee, which Warner chaired, will be dis-
banded and a new committee will be
chosen after the next president is in place.
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the University of Michigan.
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