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Airport Cameras Are Broken, Won't Be Fixed Posted on: Thursday, 24 July 2008, 09:00 CDT By AUSTIN WRIGHT By Austin Wright The Virginian-Pilot NORFOLK Homeland Security cameras at Norfolk International Airport haven't been working since a recent storm and won't be back in operation until the end of the year, a federal official said Wednesday. However, the airport's own surveillance system, which has more than 100 cameras and covers a broader area of the airport, continues to operate, said airport spokesman Wayne Shank. The federal camera system mainly monitors activities at the two security checkpoints where passengers walk through metal detectors. The airport's camera system monitors all of the airport's public areas, Shank said. He said there's likely overlap between the two systems, but he does not know the exact areas that the federal agency's cameras monitor. The agency does not provide specific details about its surveillance system, said Lauren Wolf, spokeswoman for the Transportation Security Administration, a component of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The camera shutdown is not cause for concern, she said. "Closed-circuit television plays a piece, but it certainly isn't the entire security process," Wolf said. "It's one of about 20 layers of security." TSA's closed-circuit television system likely won't be fixed until the end of the year when the federal agency is expected to start using an upgraded camera system in Norfolk, Wolf said. Austin Wright, (757) 446-2667, [EMAIL PROTECTED] still in sight The airport's own surveillance system - which has more than 100 cameras and covers a broader area of the airport than the Homeland Security cameras - continues to operate, said an airport spokesman. upgrade pending The Transportation Security Administration's system likely won't be fixed until the end of this year when the federal agency is expected to start using an upgraded camera system in Norfolk, a spokeswoman said. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
