Twenty workers at Logan Airport charged for false identification

Boston Globe ^ | 2-27-02 | By Leslie Miller, Associated Press

[Salvation]

BOSTON -- Twenty people working at Logan International Airport were charged Wednesday with lying to get their jobs or security badges.

Samantha Martin, Sullivan's spokeswoman, said 15 people were taken into custody in a sweep Wednesday morning. Five more workers were expected to be in custody by the afternoon.

[Salvation]

And we wonder no more about Logan airport.

[tallhappy]

This is all well and good, but I doubt that Salvadorans hoodwinking INS to stay in the US are a terrorist threat.

(Unless they are all Muslim Salvadorans).

I definitely believe this type of security is very important. Infiltrators will try to land jobs in airline sectors to have access.

[wwcc]

This is all the natural result of open borders and unrestrictded immigration.

There is an entire network in place to provide false identifcation to criminal aliens and every criminal knows it.

[kellynla]

Drugs...

[Demidog]

This was already posted wasn't it? And here we are closing the barn door 6 months after the event. But remember, government is your friend.

[Demidog]

This is all the natural result of open borders and unrestrictded immigration.

That makes no sense. If we really had open borders and unrestricted immigration there would be no need for fake ID's.

[SuziQ]

The employees work for private companies at Logan, not the airport itself.

Like that is supposed to make things better? IF they have security passes which allow them to go ANYWHERE in the apriport, it doesn't MATTER for whom they work!

I'm not sure if it was true or one of those rumors that sprang up after 9/11 or not, but I had heard that when they searched Atta's car at Logan they found a pass just like the ones these folks have!!

[eno_]

If it is 20 at Logan, how many do you figger at JFK?

Nawww. There's no chance anyone at JFK could have been bribed to let a bomb on AA587. No chance. Security was tight as a drum. No waaaay. No siree. No questionable people at JFK. Nope. No Mob. No Russian Mafiya. No theft rings. No illegals. Nope nope nope. And anyone who thinks there IS a risk of terror at JFK is smokin' tinfoil.

[tallhappy]

This is all the natural result of open borders and unrestrictded immigration.

There is an entire network in place to provide false identifcation to criminal aliens and every criminal knows it.

Your two comments actually contradict each other.

[tallhappy]

Drug running sounds very feasible.

[DoughtyOne]

To keep up the pretense that we don't have open borders, there most certainly would be a need for fake IDs. Eleven million people don't sudden appear without open borders.

[Redleg Duke]

Man, that is a positive and helpful attitude. Sort of, "Well, the government didn't stop the attack on Pearl Harbor, so we shouldn't trust it to prosecute the war!"

Don't you ever attempt anything positive, or have to decided to be a professional sulker for the rest of your life.

At least this is a start at the whole illegal immigrant problem. A problem started by Ted Kennedy way back when, and with a longevity like that, instant cures, such as you expect and demand, aren't possible...unless of course, you advocate gunning down each and every person that doesn't meet your racial purity profile and then sorting out the bodies into "theirs", "ours - sorry about that" and "who cares...they looked guilty".

[LoneGOPinCT]

How can this be? Aren't they all feds now? All of our problems were supposed to be solved.

[Shermy]

Logan Airport News

Argenbright was fired from Logan last December. These arrestees are no doubt Argenbright hires, now being cleaned out.

[RummyChick]

check out this story about the off duty drunk stewardess...we entrust our lives to people like this???

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=181&art_id=ct20020226203040483S320830&set_id=1

[kellynla]

The cartel places their people here to check drugs coming in while we're busy looking for towel heads...how clever can you get

[Mo1]

This is all well and good, but I doubt that Salvadorans hoodwinking INS to stay in the US are a terrorist threat.

Don't be so sure .. if I recall .. the shoe bomber guy was a Brit ..

Don't be fooled just because of where they are from ..

And this article SHOULD be a wake up call .. and I would not be surprised if there are terrorists working in other airports

[LoneGOPinCT]

What you don't know can't hurt you ;^)

[Salvation]

I did two searches for Logan Airport and false identification and did not find this article. Maybe someone used their own title. Ouch!