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Report: TSA touts improvements to Newark airport security
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is reportedly telling lawmakers that it has improved the security process at Newark, N.J.'s Liberty International Airport.
Lawmakers from New Jersey, such as Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D), have criticized the TSA for reports of security breaches at Liberty airport (abbreviated as EWR), which is the largest airport in their state. Last month, TSA shut down the airport for three hours after a passenger was allowed to pass to through a security checkpoint without being screened.
But New York City television station WNYW is reporting that TSA Administrator John Pistole has written a memo to lawmakers telling lawmakers that their concerns have been addressed.
"Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials at EWR have made substantial improvements to their screening operations to help prevent future security incidents," Pistole wrote according to the station, which is a Fox affiliate.
Lautenberg said last month that the security breaches felt like "déjà vu."
"Despite significant changes, there continue to be unacceptable security lapses that threaten passenger safety and erode the reliability of our airport,” Lautenberg said in a statement.
