Officials: Serious lapses in security on JFK airport shuttle

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Source: CNN

New York (CNN) -- A number of security lapses in an airport shuttle system in New York is raising concerns among some Port Authority officers and state senators.

"Among the cops it's commonly referred to as a possible weapons delivery system," said one Port Authority Police official of the AirTrain shuttle system that ferries thousands of passengers to and from John F. Kennedy International Airport. The official did not want to be named because of the sensitivity of the issue.

The lack of security on the system -- an eight-mile fully automated, unmanned railroad -- was discussed Friday at a state homeland security hearing to discuss vulnerabilities that still remain 10 years after the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington.

"There's no scanning of bags, there's no scanning of passengers," said state Sen. Greg Ball, who is also the chairman of the New York State Homeland Security Committee. "We should have uniformed personnel on that transportation corridor, we don't."

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/04/09/new.york.shuttle.security/index.html

[Tx4obama]

1. I don't think that they should have told the public that there is no security there.

You'd think they'd want to keep it quiet until they had some security in place!

[AndyTiedye]

2. That is the Connection to the New York Commuter Rail System and the Subway

What do they want to do? Impose TSA security on the New York Subway? Nobody would ever get to work on time.

[naaman fletcher]

3. big deal

"no scanning of bags" You know what? There is no scanning of bags to walk down the street on 5th avenue either...there is no scanning of bags to take the subway, there is no scanning of bags to take the train to CT or NJ... of wait.. don't give them any ideas.