Why question her? They need to question the idoits who were not paying attention. I thought they were not going to evacuate terminals anymore. Or what ever became of that grand idea? Has that not taken affect yet? Walter DCA ----- Original Message ----- From: <damiross@attbi.com> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 19:12 Subject: Oakland Security Breached > I just LOVE the great "security" we have at airports - > and the reaction to breaching it. (for those who are > sarcasm impaired - that was sarcasm) > > Oakland security breached; airport shut > By the Mercury News > > A woman who inadvertently slipped past a security > checkpoint Monday night triggered Oakland International > Airport's first major security breach since Sept. 11. > > The incident, which happened on former San Francisco > Police Chief Fred Lau's first day as head of airport > security, led to the evacuation of two terminals holding > thousands of passengers and the grounding of 16 flights. > > The woman, who went to the airport to pick up her > husband, bypassed security checkpoints about 6:40 p.m. > and walked to an airport gate where the mistake was > discovered. She was escorted to security and the > terminals were locked down to make sure no one else had > gotten by screeners. > > ``We don't know at this point how she did it,'' said > airport operations specialist Todd Anderson. ``But it > appears to be an honest mistake.'' > > The woman, whose name was not released, was questioned > by Oakland police and released. No charges were filed. > > > -- > David Ross > http://home.attbi.com/~damiross >