ACCESSION NUMBER:00000
FILE ID:95080902.ECO
DATE:08/09/95
TITLE:PENA ORDERS INCREASED SECURITY MEASURES AT U.S. AIRPORTS
TEXT:
(Terrorism potential cited) (220)
Washington -- Secretary of Transportation Federico Pena has ordered
increased security measures at U.S. airports to handle any renewed
threats of terrorism.
Pena said in an August 9 written statement that the measures,
including inspections of both carry-on and checked luggage as well as
questions of passengers about their luggage, should not delay or
inconvenience passengers.
"This increase in security is based on information provided by federal
law-enforcement and intelligence agencies which I am not at liberty to
discuss," Pena said.
"I want to emphasize that we have no information at this time to
indicate airlines, airports or any other part of our transportation
system are specifically threatened," he said.
"However, I think it is prudent to ensure that these additional
measures are in place to deter possible criminal or terrorist acts,"
he said.
He said passengers should be on the alert for suspicious, unattended
bags and parcels.
An August 9 Washington Post story speculated that the nationwide
general security alert, the first since the 1991 Gulf war, was ordered
in part in response to the recent arrest of an alleged Palestinian
terrorist leader and to the trial in New York of defendants in the
World Trade Center bombing.
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