http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/airportsecurity/ en-us Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:28:08 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083729/posts THE HAGUE, 17/09/08 - A policeman in the Rotterdam police corps has been unmasked as a spy for the Moroccan intelligence service. He led a project that was training immigrant youngsters as airport workers. TV current affairs programme NOVA discovered that the man of Moroccan origin had already been sacked last spring. Although the police confirmed that the man was dismissed for "serious dereliction of duty," the Public Prosecutor's Office (OM) decided not to prosecute him. The case has been hushed up by criminal investigation authorities and politicians, according to NOVA. The officer, Re Lemhaouli, had a leading post. He... NIS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2083729/posts#comment Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:28:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061558/posts Wednesday, August 13, 2008 You may not have been watching the battle that is brewing over concealed carry in the Hartsfield-Jackson airport in Atlanta, Georgia, but it may end up affecting you where you live. Because of what's happening in Atlanta, the Transportation Security Agency could decide to allow airports across the country to ban firearms in areas that currently allow for self-defense. It all began when Georgia passed a new law allowing permit holders to carry guns onto state parks, into restaurants that serve alcohol, and onto mass transit (such as the non-surveillance areas in airports). The Hartsfield-Jackson airport... Gun Owners of America http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061558/posts#comment Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:15:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061458/posts DULLES, Va. - Forty-two men in the U.S. illegally have been rounded up and arrested at Dulles International Airport. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested the illegal aliens Wednesday morning on airport grounds at a checkpoint established to verify the identity and immigration status of workers entering a service gate. Most of the men were working construction projects at the airport. Mark McGraw, special agent in charge of ICE's Washington field office, says it's important Homeland Security knows who enters sensitive areas like airports, military bases and power plants. "This operation illustrates ICE's ongoing efforts in partnership with federal... WTOP Radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061458/posts#comment Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:37:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060922/posts A Federal Judge in Georgia has decided to ignore state law and uphold an airport ban on firearms. Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue had previously supported gun rights in the public, non-secure areas of airports, citing not only public safety but also the fact that there is no law against it on the books in Georgia. "If my wife wanted to carry a gun, if she was going from the parking lot, walking from one of those far parking lots to pick up a grandchild or something like that, I think that's a good idea, yes," he was quoted as saying... Ohioans for Concealed Carry http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060922/posts#comment Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:20:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058614/posts The Transportation Security Administration may allow airports to ban firearms from terminals, parking lots, roads and other airport areas where many states currently allow passengers to carry lethal weapons. Airport officials and lawmakers are watching closely as the TSA weighs a request by Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to modify its security program to impose an airportwide ban on guns. It is the first such request to TSA from an airport. "Any decisions we make that affect (Atlanta) could affect every other airport in the country," TSA spokesman Christopher White said Thursday. Federal law bars passengers from bringing weapons to or... ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058614/posts#comment Fri, 8 Aug 2008 15:39:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049891/posts In Chicago, people like Robert Perry are subjected to exhaustive security checks. He was patted down, his wheel chair was examined and his hands were swabbed, all in public view in a see-through room at the security checkpoint. Perry, 71, is not alone "It's humiliation," Perry said. Perry was also taken to a see-through room by a TSA agent when his artificial knee set off the metal detector. "He yelled at me to get the belt off. 'I told you to get the belt off.' So I took the belt off. He ran his hands down over and pulled the... CBS2Chicago.com via Drudge http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049891/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:45:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044372/posts A New York woman has filed a $10 million lawsuit stemming from her arrest at Washington's Reagan International Airport last year, an arrest she says was unwarranted and abusive. Police say 31-year-old Robin Kassner was obstructing justice. Security cameras captured the incident and the video has now been made public. Surveillance video from inside Reagan National Airport shows Robin Kassner standing with a TSA agent who sorts through her bag. Moments later, a Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority police officer steps in and pulls Kassner to the ground. Robin Kassner says "I was thrown across the room, into a metal chair... kare11.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044372/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:25:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039937/posts LOS ANGELES (CBS) ― The FBI says a man has been detained after allegedly making a bomb threat to police at Los Angeles International Airport. Authorities shut down traffic near the airport's terminal 3 while the threat was investigated. Airport police told CBS station KCBS-TV in Los Angeles airport roads have since been reopened but they're gridlocked. FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller says the man was detained Wednesday morning and his backpack was seized for inspection. She says police bomb squads were investigating. cbs5.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039937/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jul 2008 21:58:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039608/posts For years at airport security checkpoints, passengers have heard the refrain, almost a dirge: “Laptops must be removed from their cases and placed on the belt.” Get ready for a change. The Transportation Security Administration has given the go-ahead for passengers to use newly designed carry-on bags that will let them pass through security without having to take their laptops out for the X-ray inspection. Kip Hawley, the agency’s director, told me Monday that the T.S.A. would accept the new laptop cases as soon as they come on the market. Two of the biggest luggage manufacturers — Pathfinder Luggage and... NYT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039608/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jul 2008 06:56:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039240/posts Lawmaker won't bring weapon today; will rely on court case to challenge banA state representative decided not to carry a gun into the Atlanta airport in defiance of the firearms ban there, saying he'll let a gun-rights group fight the ban in court. State Rep. Tim Bearden (R-Villa Rica), who sponsored a new law that that took effect Tuesday and allows licensed gun owners to carry in public places, had vowed to take a gun to Hartsfield-Jackson when picking up his father. But Tuesday morning, Bearden said he reconsidered his strategy.... "That showdown will still happen, but it will take... ajc.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039240/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jul 2008 16:36:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039201/posts You could call it the Atlanta version of "High Noon." Top city officials will announce Tuesday that despite a new state gun law that went into effect at midnight, they will have anyone carrying a weapon at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport arrested. The state lawmaker who sponsored the new gun law says if they do, the city will immediately be sued. And state Rep. Tim Bearden (R-Villa Rica) said the plaintiff in the lawsuit could be himself. "I have a permit, and I have family I have to pick up at the airport tomorrow [Tuesday]," Bearden told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on... The Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039201/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jul 2008 15:40:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2039135/posts Oppression At the Airport Still Think You Are Free? The first thing you lose when you walk into an airport is freedom of speech, according to Walter Williams article "Airport tyranny". You do not even have to say any particular thing to find yourself arrested. Even if you say something totally innocent (in a country with free speech everything is innocent), if some TSA thug claims it distracted him or her. Quoting James Bovard, Williams wrote: "According to the February 2002 Federal Register, people can be arrested if they act in a way that 'might distract or inhibit a screener... Independent Individualist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2039135/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jul 2008 13:50:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038950/posts You could call it the Atlanta version of "High Noon." Top city officials will announce Tuesday that despite a new state gun law that went into effect at midnight, they will have anyone carrying a weapon at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport arrested. The state lawmaker who sponsored the new gun law says if they do, the city will immediately be sued. And state Rep. Tim Bearden (R-Villa Rica) said the plaintiff in the lawsuit could be himself. "I have a permit, and I have family I have to pick up at the airport tomorrow [Tuesday]," Bearden told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on... Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2038950/posts#comment Tue, 1 Jul 2008 03:05:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031363/posts Beginning Saturday, June 21, 2008 passengers that willfully refuse to provide identification at security checkpoint will be denied access to the secure area of airports. This change will apply exclusively to individuals that simply refuse to provide any identification or assist transportation security officers in ascertaining their identity. This new procedure will not affect passengers that may have misplaced, lost or otherwise do not have ID but are cooperative with officers. Cooperative passengers without ID may be subjected to additional screening protocols, including enhanced physical screening, enhanced carry-on and/or checked baggage screening, interviews with behavior detection or law enforcement officers... Transportation Safety Administration http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031363/posts#comment Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:33:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030092/posts Unintentional adventures in airport security Carry On By Chris Haire I'm a risk-taking man. I like to take chances. I like to put all of my chips on the No. 13, spin the roulette wheel, and pray that my hopes and dreams aren't splattered all over the casino walls like Christopher Walken's brains in The Deer Hunter. Charlie likes to gamble. Which is why I was very much aware of what I was doing when I handed over my driver's license to a security official at the Philadelphia International Airport. I knew that the license was split in half —... Charleston City Paper http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2030092/posts#comment Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:43:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028911/posts In a major change of policy, the Transportation Security Administration has announced that passengers refusing to show ID will no longer be able to fly. The policy change, announced on Thursday afternoon, will go into force on June 21, and will only affect passengers who refuse to produce ID. Passengers who claim to have lost or forgotten their proof of identity will still be able to fly. As long as TSA has existed, passengers have been able to fly without showing ID to government agents. Doing so would result in a secondary search (a pat down and hand search of... c|net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028911/posts#comment Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:55:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021572/posts An unsuspecting passenger who flew through Tokyo's Narita airport left with $10,000 worth of free marijuana thanks to a forgetful customs officer and a sniffer dog with an unreliable nose. The officer stuffed five ounces of the drug into the side pocket of a randomly selected black suitcase coming off an overseas flight into Narita yesterday so that the dog could get some practice at detecting drugs. "The dog couldn’t find it and the officer also forgot which bag he put it in," a customs office spokeswoman said. "If by some chance passengers find it in their suitcase, we’re asking... The Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021572/posts#comment Mon, 26 May 2008 20:58:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021558/posts An unwitting passenger arriving at Japan's Narita airport has received 142g of cannabis after a customs test went awry, officials say. A customs officer hid a package of the banned substance in a side pocket of a randomly chosen suitcase in order to test airport security. Sniffer dogs failed to detect the cannabis and the officer could not remember which bag he had put it in. Anyone finding the package has been asked to contact customs officials. "This case was extremely regrettable. I would like to deeply apologise," said Narita International Airport's customs head Manpei Tanaka. Strict laws The customs... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021558/posts#comment Mon, 26 May 2008 19:53:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017573/posts An Afghan hijacker who forced an airliner to fly to Britain is now working at Heathrow, it has been disclosed. Nazamuddin Mohammidy, 34, was one of a gang of nine that threatened to blow up an internal flight in Afghanistan, along with 173 passengers and crew, unless they were granted political asylum. The Afghan hijackers forced the Boeing 727 to divert to Britain where they surrendered to police and the SAS after a 70-hour stand-off at Stansted Airport, Essex in Mohammidy, of Hounslow, Middlesex, is now working as an office cleaner for British Airways. The discovery came after he... Telegraph U.K. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017573/posts#comment Sun, 18 May 2008 05:17:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005270/posts A 74-year-old grandmother spent the night in jail after she refused security officers' efforts to check her at Palm Beach International Airport and then shoved a deputy, authorities said Thursday. Elena Reichman, a Holocaust survivor who lives west of Boca Raton, is charged with felony battery on a law enforcement officer. She was released from jail after posting a $3,000 bond at 5 a.m. Thursday. It was her first arrest, state records show. Orlando Sun-Sentinel (Fla.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005270/posts#comment Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:51:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995828/posts ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A former Army veteran arrested after trying to check luggage containing pipe bomb-making materials onto a flight home explained that he wanted to show his friends there how to make them, authorities said Wednesday. Investigators were questioning whether Kevin Christopher Brown had ever been to Iraq—where he told them he'd seen similar bombs made, according to court documents—and looking into his mental health history after his arrest Tuesday at Orlando International Airport. Authorities and airline officials repeated their assurances that passengers were never in danger. Transportation Security Administration officials nonetheless touted the 32-year-old's arrest as a... Breitbart/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995828/posts#comment Thu, 3 Apr 2008 02:27:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1976354/posts MIAMI (AP) -- A man with multiple passports was arrested Monday after he bolted from security screeners at Miami International Airport, jumped from a second floor concourse and broke his arm and ribs, authorities said. Transportation and Security Administration officials became suspicious of Faid Beydoun as he stood in a security line, waiting to board a Los Angeles-bound flight. When Beydoun's travel documents also raised concerns, agents asked him to step out of line for a secondary screening. Beydoun, who was carrying multiple passports, then ran from security screeners, jumped 25 feet off the second floor concourse and broke his... The Charleston Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1976354/posts#comment Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:05:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1974237/posts TIA Passenger Had Box Cutter In Hollowed-Out Book Photo provided by the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority. A security officer at Tampa International Airport found a box cutter hidden in a hollowed-out book on Sunday. By Thomas W. Krause of The Tampa Tribune Published: February 20, 2008 TAMPA - A 21-year-old Clearwater man was arrested at Tampa International Airport this weekend after security personnel found a box cutter in a hollowed-out book, authorities said. Benjamin Baines Jr. If convicted, Baines faces up to 10 years in prison and up to a $250,000 fine for a federal charge of attempting to board... Tampa Bay On-Line http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1974237/posts#comment Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:40:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1972104/posts There was an arrest this afternoon of a man flying Southwest Airlines from El Paso to Los Angeles. He is in custody of the FBI. Does anyone know more? I bragged to my husband that I could find out details on FR. self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1972104/posts#comment Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:31:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1963454/posts IMAGE: Star Simpson, right,19, of Lahaina, Hawaii, talks to her attorney, Thomas Dwyer, outside East Boston District Court, Friday, Feb. 1, 2008. Simpson was arrested by state troopers after she set off an airport bomb scare wearing a computer circuit board and wiring on her sweatshirt when she went to the airport to pick up her boyfriend last September. Simpson's attorney asked a judge to throw out the charges, saying the device was a legitimate form of free speech. (AP Photo/Bizuayehu Tesfaye)BOSTON (AP) — A computer science student who unwittingly created an airport bomb scare by wearing a blinking... Google | AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1963454/posts#comment Fri, 1 Feb 2008 21:46:52 GMT