Newark Airport Flights Halted for Possible Security Breach

Flights out of one terminal at Newark Liberty International Airport were temporarily halted Sunday night as officials investigated a possible security breach.

Officials took the action after a man was observed walking the wrong way down the exit lane between the secured, or “sterile,” area and the public area at around 5:20 p.m.

The Transportation Security Administration initially responded by stopping screening. But about two and a half hours later, the T.S.A. ordered all passengers on the sterile side to move back to the public side for rescreening.

While it was unclear who first alerted authorities to the potential breach, the individual was not an employee of the T.S.A., which is in charge of airport security, said an administration official.

People were allowed to begin boarding planes again just under seven hours after screening was first shut down, and the T.S.A. expected all passengers to be rescreened by 12:30 a.m. on Monday. Officials did not locate the man who caused the alert.

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Security Guard Allegedly Threatened President Obama

Fox News reports that a private security guard at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport has been arrested on charges of threatening President Barack Obama.

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Port Authority spokesman John Kelly says John Breck allowed police to search his Linden home and officers found 43 firearms.

U.S. Secret Service spokesman Malcolm Wiley says the 55-year-old denied making any threats.

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