Posted on 09/15/2001 4:50:38 AM PDT by rdavis84
September 12, 2001 Posted: 2:18 PM EDT (1818 GMT)
BOSTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) -- Boston's Logan Airport on Wednesday scrambled to comply with new U.S. Federal Aviation Administration security measures, towing cars and sweeping terminals for bombs as they tried to account for missing security badges.
The new measures still allow up to 5 percent of the security badges issued to airport, airlines and cargo personnel that permit them to go unquestioned through check points, to be missing before a new round of background checks must be done, MassPort officials, operators of Logan Airport, said.
MassPort Security Chief Joseph Lawless said that for several months the airport has been in the process of "upgrading our security system" and issuing new badges. The upgrade began months before two Boeing 767s were hijacked from Boston and crashed into New York City's World Trade Center, Lawless said.
There are 16,000 workers at Logan and 12,000 have badges that allow them free access to planes and tarmacs. Under previous and new regulations, up to 600 of those badges can be missing before an airport operator has to do fresh background checks on all personnel.
Meanwhile, Logan is trying to tow some 9,000 cars from its parking garages that were left behind in Tuesday's chaos. The garages and the shuttered terminals will then be swept by teams of explosive sniffing dogs before the airport is permitted to reopen, MassPort's Director of Aviation Thomas Kinton said.
The security measures to be applied to all U.S. airports will include the elimination of curbside check-in, restricting access to secure areas, increasing both uniform and plain clothes police details, and stepping up the number of random identification checks, Kinton said.
"I cannot tell you when we will reopen...They will take a lot of time and we're going to take our time to get it done and get it done right," Kinton said.
The new measures will also ban the sale or use of knives -- metal or plastic -- at most areas within the airport. This includes concession stands or retail shops, Kinton said.
Airlines will not be accepting cargo or mail and aircraft must be searched before each flight is boarded, he said.
Kinton defended Logan's security arrangements.
more ----- http://www.cnn.com/2001/TRAVEL/NEWS/09/12/attack.airport.reuters.reut/
The very first statement issued by the FBI on Tuesday morning was that "we had no advance warning". Sounded to me like they were in a rush to answer a question that hadn't been asked yet.
Be patient with the blonde here. What would be their motivation, and whose orders would they be acting on?
Absolutely.
Wait 'til a nuke goes off. Everybody is prepped to cry Uncle (sam). Save Us! What do we Have to do?
The CIA's specialty is destabilizing governments in order to place puppets in control. You do realize that, don't you?
Say you were a major investor in Burns (and several other security companies), wanted to increase Security Provider business in the World. A little more instability/insecurity in this wealthy country gives you More Money. A little bit of dangling of carrots in front of aspiring agents, 'specially FBI wannabe CIA agents, and wink wink nod nod, an Event is set up to occur. A useful idiot like bin Laden is a natural means to the end. Just let him operate, he's capable. And all you have to do is just "miss" a few key pieces of info at the key times.
You might want to do some serious background reading on how The Company operates. It'll provide the details from history.
Candidly, I do not believe the total collapse of both towers was anticipated. It would have served their purposes more completely if they stood as a long term reminder of how vulnerable we are.
My Wife's a Blonde too. She gets a lot of headaches.
Usually at night :-)
As for the FBI's inability to catch these guys, my own opinion is that it's not so much due to some type of complicitness as it is to understaffing, underfunding, and all the others things that TooBusy listed above. I know for a fact that they are severely understaffed in their efforts to catch the internet pedophiles who prey on kids. And of course, you could probably throw a good dose of Incompetence in there also.
I also don't believe a cover up can go on forever among professionals and (call me an optomist) there must be some professional investigators in the gov't somewhere.
Same here. Maybe we're going to see that the fall guys in the agencies are Not Going To Take it Anymore, eh ;-)
I pray to God (and I mean that literally) that we are not that corrupt as a nation. But I am not going to rule it out either.
We need to start DEMANDING answers for how this and all of the other shenanigans of recent history have been allowed to happen.
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BURNS INTERNATIONAL SERVICES CORP
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000817945
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-DETECTIVE, GUARD & ARMORED CAR SERVICES [7381]
IRS NUMBER: 133408028 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE
On April 20, 1999, the Company held its annual meeting of stockholders. At such meeting, John A. Edwardson, Robert A. McCabe, Alexis P. Michas and Donald C. Trauscht were elected as directors to serve for a term expiring in 2002. Each of J. Joe Adorjan, James J. Burke, Jr., Albert J. Fitzgibbons, III, Arthur F. Golden, Dale W. Lang, Andrew McNally IV and H. Norman Schwarzkopf continued to serve as directors following the meeting.
SIGNIFICANT EVENTS ------------------ On April 25, 2000, the Company announced its background screening services company, Burns International Information Services, had changed its name to Burns International SafeToHire.com, Inc. The name was changed to more accurately reflect the technological advancements in its business, which offers web-based pre-employment screening solutions to its 1,700 clients. On April 19, 2000, the Company announced that S. Jay Stewart was elected to the Board of Directors. On March 21, 2000, the Company named James F. McNulty III Vice President, Sales and Marketing. Mr. McNulty continues as President of the Company's Total Security Solutions group, with responsibility for the National Accounts program and the Company's strategic business alliances.
Included in other net expense is the Company's share of Loomis, Fargo net earnings. The Company recorded $0.5 million equity income for the three months ended March 31, 2000 for its share of Loomis, Fargo income
1.BSSI - CHICAGO, Sept. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Securitas AB announced today that Ronald J. Harper has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Securitas' U.S. aviation services company, Globe Aviation Services Corporation.
From 1991 through 1997, Mr. Harper led Globe during a period of unprecedented growth in revenue, profitability and customer satisfaction. His familiarity with the company and its clients will be invaluable as Globe executes a strategy to lead the marketplace in aviation security and other aviation human resource services.
Securitas AB acquired Globe through the acquisition of Burns International Services Corporation in September 2000. Through this appointment, Securitas confirmed its long-term commitment to the aviation services industry. Securitas now operates in 124 airports throughout the U.S. and Europe and employs over 10,000 dedicated aviation service personnel. About Securitas AB: Stockholm-based Securitas AB was founded in 1934 and is a world leader in security with more than 210,000 employees throughout Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia.
2.Argenbright -18.12.2000 Securicor acquires AHL security business With the follwoing announcement, Securicor informed a major acquisition with implications in Europe and North America. December 14 - SECURICOR PLC ANNOUNCES THE ACQUISITION OF THE SECURITY BUSINESSES OF AHL SERVICES, INC
The Business specialises in providing aviation security and commercial guarding services in the US and aviation security services in Europe. The Business provides specialist security services including passenger profiling, baggage screening, checkpoint security and cargo scanning. Some 80% of the turnover is generated in the US. Approximately 90% of revenues are underpinned by long-term relationships with a loyal customer base.
The Business employs approximately 20,000 people of whom 4,000 are based in Europe. In aviation security the Business, trading as Argenbright Security, has an estimated 40% market share in the US, serving major air carriers in 17 of the 20 largest US airports. In the UK, France and Germany, the Business provides aviation security and related services in many of the largest airports including Heathrow and Gatwick, under the ADI name.
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