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January 6th, 2010
09:00 AM ET

Cameras not on during airport breach

(CNN) - Cameras that might have shown the man who walked through security Sunday at Newark, New Jersey, Liberty International Airport were not recording during the incident, a federal official said Tuesday.

Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman Ann Davis said TSA-funded and Port Authority-installed and -operated cameras were running but not recording at the time of the security breach on Sunday evening, which led officials to shut Terminal C for hours and re-screen thousands of passengers.

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Filed under: Airline safety
January 6th, 2010
08:00 AM ET

Govt. changes watch list system after failed bombing

Washington (CNN) - The U.S. government has lowered the threshold for information deemed important enough to put suspicious individuals on a watch list or no-fly list, or have their visa revoked, senior State Department officials tell CNN.

The government overhauled criteria it uses for putting possible terrorists on such lists as a result of the failed Christmas Day attack, officials said. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the material. Our Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jill Dougherty has the report.

Read more: U.S. changes criteria for inclusion on no-fly lists


Filed under: Airline safety
January 4th, 2010
07:00 AM ET

Security breach delays passengers at Newark Intl. Airport

A security breach at Newark International Airport last night left flights grounded and thousands of passengers waiting late into the night to be re-screened. The scare happened after a man walked through a screening checkpoint exit into a secure area of the terminal.

On Monday's American Morning we spoke on the phone with Dove Ballon, who was stranded at the airport last night with her husband.


Filed under: Airline safety
December 31st, 2009
11:00 AM ET

Inside look at America's security

President Obama is demanding answers after an alleged trail of missed signals in the Christmas Day bomb plot. So how did this happen and what can be done to make sure it doesn't happen again?

Former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff discussed the matter with us on Thursday's American Morning.

Related: Missed signals cleared way for suspect


Filed under: Airline safety • Terrorism
December 30th, 2009
10:00 AM ET

Bomb attempt may lead to more sniffer dogs

Travelers moving through the nation's airports this week will probably see more dogs on patrol. They're trained to sniff out explosives in luggage and they can also smell a bomb on a person. But in this AM original report our Kara Finnstrom found out the public may not allow it.


Filed under: Airline safety • Terrorism
December 30th, 2009
09:00 AM ET

Connecting the dots after 9/11

(CNN) - The father of terrorism suspect Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab talked about his son's extremist views with someone from the CIA and a report was prepared, but the report was not circulated outside the agency, a reliable source told CNN's Jeanne Meserve on Tuesday.

Why, eight years after the attacks of 9/11, was U.S. intelligence unable to connect the dots? On Wednesday's American Morning we discussed the matter with former Homeland Security Inspector General Clark Kent Irvin and former State Department counter-terrorism official Larry Johnson.

Related: Source: CIA had report on suspect


Filed under: Airline safety • Terrorism
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