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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bearcatbob who wrote (29708)	6/8/2004 9:44:14 PM
From: Bearcatbob	Respond to of 81568

And a little more to help you recant your false statement - this time kerry's defense" boston.com AIRLINE SAFETY Kerry: GAO probed security at Logan By Brian C. Mooney and Matthew Brelis, Globe Staff, 9/15/2001 he US General Accounting Office conducted an undercover investigation of airport security measures after Senator John F. Kerry provided a tape of a Boston television station report on lapses earlier this year at Logan International Airport, Kerry said. ''They began an undercover investigation in response, specifically, to our inquiry,'' Kerry told reporters at the State House. Kerry said he did not know the outcome of the probe. His press secretary, Kelley Benander, said the GAO told the senator's office about the investigation in June. The GAO, the investigative arm of Congress, however, yesterday issued a statement saying that ''we are not presently conducting any airport screening investigations'' and said it would provide no further information than appears on its Web site. The GAO's most recent report to Congress was issued Aug. 31, 11 days before the terrorist suicide hijackings at Logan, Dulles, and Newark airports. It involved a survey of two airports - Logan was not one - and 41 federal office buildings. The report found that nearly all the facilities had taken steps to upgrade security after GAO undercover agents in April and May 2000 were ''100 percent successful in penetrating ... targeted sites'' with bogus credentials or badges. GAO spokesman Jeff Nelligan would not elaborate on the statement or say whether the GAO had ever conducted a similar probe of Logan. Robert H. Hast, head of GAO's office of special investigations, said, ''At OSI, we do not comment on any ongoing investigations.'' Kerry's actions earlier this year were in response to a WFXT-Fox 25 news report on security at Logan and TF Green Airport in Rhode Island and a complaint from Brian F. Sullivan of Plymouth, a retired Federal Aviation Administration special agent, who had seen the news report. In a May 7 letter to Kerry, Sullivan cited widespread security problems and wrote: ''Think what the result would be of a coordinated attack which took down several domestic flights on the same day. The problem is that with our current screening system, that is more than possible.'' Gate security is the responsibility of the airlines, and the FAA is completing plans for a new ''threat image projection system,'' which, using computer software, would identify weapon-like objects and record gate security guard responses to them. The theory behind the system is that it would force airlines to invest more in training. Frank Phillips of the Globe Staff contributed to this report. This story ran on page A14 of the Boston Globe on 9/15/2001. © Copyright 2001 Globe Newspaper Company.

To: Bearcatbob who wrote (29708)	6/8/2004 9:51:16 PM
From: Mark_H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Thanks for posting that. Since national security IS an issue in this presidential election, HOW did AS miss this story? AND, why did Kerry not have to explain his lack of action to the 9/11 commission?

To: Bearcatbob who wrote (29708)	6/8/2004 10:15:46 PM
From: Wayners	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Outstanding work and catches Kerry in a lie too. Well done my friend.

To: Bearcatbob who wrote (29708)	6/8/2004 10:27:14 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

I think we addressed this issue in the past. My question to you is that if you had a toothache and you went to a orthopedic surgeon with that problem, what is your expectation of the situation? If these guys did not know that they have to take this to the TSA, then they should be fired from their federal posts. Besides, why did they not take it to the Governor's office or to the other Senator from Mass.? Any idea, clue? Aren't these folks lying. Or else they are stupid to take it only to Kerry and leave the issue at his office with his secretary, don't you think?

To: Bearcatbob who wrote (29708)	6/8/2004 11:56:10 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

Bearcat, you posted an article from a rightwing propaganda attack site called world net daily. That is not credible. It's similar to Newsmax. Rightwing points of view only. Those guys will do anything to attack Kerry. The good thing about the mainstream press is that they offer both sides to any story. Whatever that airport thing is I've never seen it in the mainstream, press and there's probably a very innocent explanation. If not, then Kerry would have been asked about it. Kerry has always been on the forefront of counterintelligence watchdogs in the senate as evidenced by his speeches from 1999-2001 I've posted.

To: Bearcatbob who wrote (29708)	6/9/2004 7:52:58 AM
From: tonto	Respond to of 81568

Kerry has never apologized nor accepted responsibility... "John Kerry should have – and could have – prevented 9-11," he said. How? "He could have taken direct action to address the concerns we had identified by visiting Logan and the MassPort authorities at Logan or the Massachusetts State Police," he said. If that didn't work to bring about corrective action, he could have applied political pressure by having Sullivan and other agents testify before Congress, he says. "Enhanced security would have prevented the hijackings, virtually without question," Elson agreed. If nothing else, it might have discouraged ringleader Mohamed Atta, who monitored security procedures at Logan weeks before the hijackings. Phone calls to Kerry's campaign were not returned.