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...needed, airports and the mail, there have been security breaches. Despite much-touted mail disinfection, a 94-year-old Connecticut woman died of anthrax in late November; despite increased security since Sept. 11, airports have allowed people with sharp implements and potential weapons board airplanes. At O’Hare Airport in Chicago, passengers managed to bring cleavers, stun guns and tear gas past security checkpoints; at Logan, a checkpoint was left unmanned while an employee took a break...
Just when Americans were starting to calm down about air travel, Subash Gurung decided to fly from Chicago to Omaha, Neb. The jobless Nepalese man, here on an expired visa, got through security at O'Hare airport last week with five knives, a stun gun and a container marked TEAR GAS/PEPPER SPRAY. After a search at the gate uncovered the weapons, Gurung was arrested but soon released on bond. He was taken into custody only when he returned to O'Hare to pick up another bag, filled with more knives. And in the story's grim punch line...
Argenbright, which is based in Atlanta, maintained that the breaches were perpetrated by "rogue" managers in Philadelphia. Last month, however, a new Department of Transportation investigation detailed security violations at 14 airports. And last week Argenbright was responsible for the security gaffe at O'Hare...
...Officials aren?t sure what to believe about the man?s story at this point, but they are sure of one thing: The O?Hare airport security system experienced what Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta called "a failure of dramatic dimensions...
...spectacular breach was immediate; lawmakers called for fines against United Airlines, which hired Argenbright, the private security outfit conducting the screenings. The largest airport security operation in the country, Argenbright is already under investigation for lying about performing background checks on employees at the Philadelphia International Airport. The O?Hare workers involved have been suspended...