Security improvements since 911

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    In an era when airline passengers can't even pass through a checkpoint with a bottle of shampoo, security experts were shocked Monday by the case of a man who swam ashore, scaled a fence and walked dripping wet into Kennedy Airport despite a $100 million system of surveillance cameras and motion detectors.


    The JFK security breach is under investigation.

    "Thank God it wasn't a terrorist, but we have to look at it as if we had another attack," said Isaac Yeffet, former chief of security for Israeli airline El Al. "That's the only way we'll improve the system."


    The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which oversees JFK, quickly added police patrols to the airport perimeter and said it is investigating the security breach.


    Authorities said the trouble began Friday evening when 31-year-old Daniel Casillo's jet ski ran out of fuel in Jamaica Bay. Casillo swam toward the bright lights of Kennedy's runway 4L, which juts out into the bay, then climbed an 8-foot fence that is part of the airport's state-of-the-art Perimeter Intrusion Detection System, authorities said.


    Soaking wet, wearing a bright yellow life jacket, Casillo made his way across two intersecting runways — an estimated distance of nearly two miles — before he was spotted on a terminal ramp by an airline employee, authorities said.


    According to the police report, Casillo told an officer: "I needed help!"


    The intrusion-detection system, manufactured by defense contractor Raytheon Co., should have set off a series of warnings, said Bobby Egbert, spokesman for the Port Authority police officers union.


    "This system is made specifically for those types of threats — water-borne threats," Egbert said. "It did not detect him climbing over a fence. It did not detect him crossing two active runways."


    Port Authority police interrogated Casillo and charged him with criminal trespassing. Authorities said the airport grounds were clearly marked with no-trespassing signs that indicate it is a "restricted area for authorized personnel only."
     
    Re: Security improvements since 911

    <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: maggot</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Port Authority police interrogated Casillo and charged him with criminal trespassing. Authorities said the airport grounds were clearly marked with no-trespassing signs that indicate it is a "restricted area for authorized personnel only."</div></div>

    This part of the story bums me out. The guy was stranded and needed help. He did exactly what I would have done.
     
    Re: Security improvements since 911

    Yeah I've taken the 911 was good for business approach.

    I've been reading about William Rodriguez, and while I don't buy "all" of the conspiracy theories I have to question a few things of late, the more I read the more I'm intrigued.

    Just like any other war, good for business, and control.
     
    Re: Security improvements since 911

    TSA airport security is a joke. Its a feel good thing to make the dumb public happy.

    You can't take a set of 1" folding scissors in a sewing kit through security. However there is a Chili's somewhere beyond the checkpoint where a non-English speaking, eighth grade drop out is trusted with an 8" boning knife.
     
    Re: Security improvements since 911

    I was going through security once and the three monkeys behind the bag scanner did not even looking at the screen. They were to busy shouting at each other about when boys stopped growing. One of them said "boys stop growing when they turn 18" and another replies "i thought it was 21".

    One time my brother accidentally got a knife with a 5 inch blade through security. POST 911!!!
     
    Re: Security improvements since 911

    <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Wes_Mantooth</div><div class="ubbcode-body">TSA airport security is a joke. Its a feel good thing to make the dumb public <span style="font-weight: bold">happy</span>. </div></div>

    Doesn't seem to be making the public too happy, eh?