Tue Jan 05, 2010 at 10:45:14 PM EST
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The list of things that went wrong with the security scare at Newark just keeps getting longer. Now we learn from ABC News that some of the security cameras weren't working:Now, the responsibility to operate those cameras -- broken since Dec. 28 -- has become a point of contention between the airport and the Transportation Security Administration.
The security cameras, owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the airport's operator, were rolling but not recording, forcing the TSA to seek permission to use a second set of surveillance cameras controlled by Continental Airlines. And the failure of the cameras caused a major delay in getting confirmation of the breach:The redundant cameras have been in place since the pre-9/11 era when, the airlines were responsible for their own security. Continental provided the tapes to the TSA as soon as the airline became aware the TSA wanted them. The inoperable cameras caused a two-hour gap between the security breach and when the TSA was able to confirm it. It's just completely unacceptable that these lapses continue to happen. Now we have a blame game over whose fault it is that the cameras weren't on and recording. All the full body scanners in the world aren't going to fix problems like that. After a briefing at the airport on Monday, Senators Menendez and Lautenberg have a press conference scheduled for tomorrow to call on the TSA to make specific upgrades at Newark Airport. I hope one of those requests is turning the cameras on. |
| Jason Springer :: Inoperable cameras caused two hour delay in confirming Newark security breach |
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