"Security heightened at U.S. airports"

Sunday, July 1, 2007

Security heightened at U.S. airports
Cable News Network (CNN)


WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States is boosting security at airports
across the country in light of the terrorism scares in Britain in the past
two days, officials said.

The heightened security is a precautionary measure, officials said. No
indication of any threat has been received.

On Saturday, a car was driven into the front of a terminal at Glasgow
International Airport in Scotland. Eyewitnesses said the car became a
fireball. Police said two people were arrested.

A day earlier, police in London found two parked cars packed with fuel, gas
canisters and nails. The discoveries of the cars in central London unnerved
the British capital, with officials saying that hundreds of people could
have been killed if the devices in the cars had been set off.

President Bush was briefed on the situation, White House spokesman Tony Snow
said Saturday. He said no information suggests there is a "credible threat"
to the United States, but the White House has boosted security at U.S.
airports as a precaution.

New York Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said authorities "are paying
close attention to events in Scotland and London both."

"We are maintaining the additional safeguards that were put in place
yesterday as an ongoing precaution against attacks here. We are also working
closely with the Port Authority in matters related to airport security,"
Kelly said.

Friday, the Department of Homeland Security said it had no plans to change
the U.S. terrorism threat level in reaction to the London incident.

In a written statement, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said,
"I have seen no specific, credible information suggesting that this incident
is connected to a threat to the homeland."

Chertoff mentioned the upcoming Independence Day holiday but asked the
public, "as always, that they be vigilant and report any suspicious
activities to authorities."

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