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==Planning==
The majority of the planning for the attacks was said to have taken place in "extremely vague" messages sent between online user accounts on a [[website]], which the FBI claims were a form of secret code. They began monitoring discussion in online [[chat room]]s.<ref>{{cite news
|url = http://cbs4boston.com/topstories/topstories_story_188081817.html
|title = N.Y.C. Transit Bomb Plot Thwarted
|publisher = [[CBS News]]
|date = July 7, 2006
}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
}}</ref>
 
Authorities said that the plot was far from complete, but was expected to be scheduled for October or November 2006.<ref>{{cite news
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==Plot foiled==
[[Michael Chertoff]] said that there "was never a concern that (the plot) would actually be executed", and that by the time the news was released to the public on July 7, 2006, the plot was entirely foiled.<ref>{{cite news
|url = http://cbs4boston.com/topstories/local_story_188161114.html
|title = Chertoff Addresses NY Plot While In Boston
|publisher = [[CBS News|CBS 4 (Boston)]]
|date = July 7, 2006
}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
}}</ref>
 
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20161226165747/https://www2.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel06/transportation_threat070706.htm Press release from FBI]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100409123132/http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/speeches/mueller042606.htm Executive speech from director of FBI April 26, 2006 referring to another foiled tunnel plot]
*[http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/07/tunnel.plot/index.html?section=cnn_topstories CNN report with interviews with Mark Mershon]