IP: More airport security workers arrested / fired

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 17:26:30 -0400 (EDT)
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Cc: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>, <declan () well com>
Subject: More airport security workers arrested / fired

Wonderful! Makes one feel even safer!

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More airport security fired
By John Crawley

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 100 employees at two major
Washington-area airports have been arrested on fraud charges in obtaining
restricted airport security badges, government sources said on Tuesday.

The arrests will be announced by Attorney General John Ashcroft later in
the day in Alexandria, Virginia, officials said.

The arrests marked a continuing post Sept. 11 crackdown by U.S. law
enforcement and transportation authorities on airport security lapses.

Many of the charges -- including those being brought against workers at
Washington's Ronald Reagan National Airport and Dulles International
Airport outside the capital -- involved allegations that suspects
violated immigration and Social Security laws.

Also, the federal government alleged that many arrested on Tuesday in the
greater Washington area lied about criminal records while applying for
airport security clearances, the sources said.

It was unclear initially what jobs those employees performed, but few, if
any, were passenger or baggage screeners, the sources said.

Law enforcement and transportation officials launched operations to
target people with illegally obtained airport security credentials in the
weeks following the Sept. 11 hijack attacks on New York and Washington.

As of last week more than 250 people had been arrested at 11 U.S.
airports on charges they fraudulently obtained credentials for access to
sensitive airport areas, like ramps, gates and aircraft.

Roughly half pleaded guilty or have plea agreements pending, authorities
said. More than 70 were deported or are awaiting deportation proceedings,
authorities said.

Tuesday's development was the second involving personnel at Dulles, which
is 25 miles (40 km) west of Washington. Soon after the attacks,
immigration authorities detained five passenger and baggage screeners who
did not have secure clearances. Three were deported and two await
deportation hearings.

Some other airports targeted in law enforcement security sweeps include
Boston Logan, Miami International, Salt Lake City, Atlanta, Las Vegas,
Charlotte, North Carolina, and Phoenix.

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