JFK terminal evacuated for suspicious package

A terminal at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport was briefly evacuated Friday after a suspicious package was found in a men's bathroom, the latest in a series of airport incidents after the September 11 hijacked airliner attacks on the United States.

Bomb sniffing dogs were called in, but the package was found to contain electrical circuit breakers.

http://www.cnn.com/2002/TRAVEL/NEWS/...eut/index.html


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The Way it Should Be

The Transportation Security Administration today announced that bomb detection machinery has been installed in every airport in the country and that individual security checks will be scaled back over the next months. This was the culmination of extraordinary teamwork between Washington D.C. politicians and bureaucrats and some of America's leading corporations and research institutes. Right. Charlie Leocha has more on this pie-in-the-sky scenario.

http://www.ticked.com/cheapcharlie/2002/chbe.htm

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Given the Once-Over

On two recent flights with Southwest Airlines a reader received complete
baggage and body searches. Apparently he matched a profile because he made a
reservation within three days of travel, traveled on a one-way ticket, or
changed my time of departure. Trouble is, these searches weren't effective.
What's going on? Find out in ChrisCrossings.

http://www.ticked.com/chriscrossings/2002/crover.htm



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