Why question her? There's a good possibility she was a elderly white lady. As everyone knows, these are the type of people that are most likely to be a terrorist at the airport. To evacuate the entire airport and delay many flights is absurd. And, it cost Southwest and other airlines thousands of dollars just because the federal government has taken over the "security" of airports. If you want to do something in the least effetive way, just let the government do it. -- David Ross http://home.attbi.com/~damiross > 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 > >