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Baggage handlers at Dulles probed
Washington Times ^
| 9/19/01
| Jim Keary
Posted on 09/18/2001 11:15:28 PM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:47:04 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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The U.S. Department of Transportation is investigating the use of non-U.S. citizens who have worked as baggage handlers and security screeners at Washington Dulles International Airport.
The investigation, which began in July following complaints to the agency, was stepped up last week after terrorists hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 and crashed it into the Pentagon. The flight, which had 64 persons on board, originated at Dulles airport.
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posted on
09/18/2001 11:15:28 PM PDT
by
kattracks
To: kattracks
You know, this is very disturbing to hear. Not only the handlers but the security screeners.
To: DoughtyOne
Nice sentence structure there...
To: kattracks
We found after the events of last week we needed to step up our efforts a bit."Is this guy the master of the understatement, or what?
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posted on
09/18/2001 11:31:05 PM PDT
by
Marauder
To: Marauder
Anybody that has flown and watched the baggage handlers and food service crews has to know that the bulk were illegals. This includes every major airport in the United States. A hundred dollar bill would probably get them to load anything you wanted.
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posted on
09/19/2001 1:34:59 AM PDT
by
meenie
To: Marauder
"... She said many of the security personnel hired by Argenbright were not trained and some spoke only limited English.
"It was mainly foreigners," said the former employee. "They couldn't carry on a conversation with you. Some of them couldn't say much more than 'hello' or 'good day.'..."
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posted on
09/19/2001 4:12:29 AM PDT
by
vannrox
To: meenie, vannrox
It's fairly apparent that all personnel on the flight line should be vetted for security, just as they do for USAF/SAC. And even as conservative as I am, I think this is one function that should be handled by fed-gov, because the last time I was cleared for top-secret, they did a pretty good job of that.
It's normally the people who enforce security on a day-to-day basis that become lax. When I was in the USAF, several of us made phoney security badges and put pictures of Mickey Mouse on them, and it was several weeks before a guard noticed it. That was quite a scandal for a while.
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posted on
09/19/2001 8:03:55 AM PDT
by
Marauder
To: kattracks
"she was able to work for Argenbright although she had been convicted of felony drug charges".
cute.
Arrest all Argenbright executives for criminal negligence
To: kattracks
We found after the events of last week we needed to step up our efforts a bit. Ya think?
9
posted on
09/20/2001 5:27:23 AM PDT
by
steve-b
To: kattracks, DoughtyOne
To: SauronOfMordor
Arrest all Argenbright executives for criminal negligence. Great idea. I guess "Argen" translates into "not very."
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