167 airport workers fail security check

Washington Times ^ | 3/14/02 | (UPI)

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

Fingerprinting and background checks have thus far uncovered criminal histories on more than 4 percent of the employees at Chicago's two major airports.

The Chicago Department of Aviation said Thursday that 167 workers had been denied identification badges that would have given them access to secure areas at O'Hare International and Midway Airports.

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

Before you blame Bush, did he provide a means to an end with some of these bills? Remember that by creating a majority after the next election allows us to get everything done that the Rats have so far firewalled.

[RoughDobermann]

About 30,000 of the 53,000 people that work at O'Hare and Midway had ID badges giving them access to secure areas.

Can't say I'm surprised about Midway. I'm always reminded of Dr. Moreau's island whenever I go through there...

[Grampa Dave]

Hey, what are you so concerned about. This sounds like the records of the rats in Congress. No big deal!

Besides, 167 of that number had subsequently been denied security access based on 37 disqualifying crimes that include murder, extortion and kidnapping.</B?

So are you worried about a little murder, extortion and kidnapping? Sounds like Je$$'s gangs threaten, er, promise business owner across America every day.

(Sarcasm off) I surprised the number was 5 to 10 times higher. Being an illegal alien must not have been a trigger crime (one of the 37 disqualifying crimes).

I would like a list of the crimes that they could commit and not have worry about keeping their jobs.

[TADSLOS]

This is happening everywhere, not just O'Hare."

Why am I not surprised?

[mykej]

This is what happens when security goes to the lowest bidder. good thing the government has stepped in to take charge, huh? We would have never found out if they hadn't.

[Free the USA]

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[Tumbleweed_Connection]

"lowest bidder"

Private industry would have been less.

[diefree]

I worked as a ticket agent for a major airline. I was fingerprinted when I was hired in 1963, and again by the government in 1986, I think. Before 1986 I could go anywhere in the building but after 1986 only certain employees were allowed to go into "secure" areas; they had special ID cards.

The condition of hire is supposed to be that everyone is fingerprinted and has a background check before they start work. They are not supposed to be working prior to the background check being completed.

[Tumbleweed_Connection]

When we considering all of these problems, who's hiring, training, promoting...?

[diefree]

I'm not sure I understand your question. I worked at JFK which, being a port of arrival into the country, comes under Federal rules. All companies involved at the airport have to verify the employees who work in sensitive areas. I don't think, for example, that people who work in the restaurants or newsstands would have to be fingerprinted or have a background check done.

[Bloody Reaper]

I don't give a rat's ass how many employees failed the security check at Chicago's airports. I want to know how many A-rabs are working at the airport. A-rabs are the enemy and if you lose sight of that, the war on terrorism is lost.

Of course in this PC United Staters of America the war is already lost.