More on the Oakland airport that kept the Marines out of the terminal

CYA time. MSM has been ignoring this for days. This is a blatant blame the victim article, though, they leave the truth to the second to last sentence.

Oakland airport keeps Marines out of terminal in Oakland stopover

Marines arriving on a military charter flight on their way home from Iraq were barred from entering a passenger terminal at Oakland International Airport to greet family and friends because of security concerns, airport officials acknowledged Tuesday.

Some of the 200 Marines on board wanted to meet and greet family and friends at the Oakland passenger terminal before continuing on to their base in Hawaii, but that request wasn't made in advance by the military's charter airline, North American Airlines, or its ground handler, Hilltop Aviation, said airport spokeswoman Rosemary Barnes.

As a result, the Marines weren't allowed in the passenger terminal, although they were allowed to get out of the plane to smoke, stretch their legs or go to the restroom, said airport officials, who apologized for the incident. "With different information, there would have been a different outcome," Barnes said.

The airport said the Marines were not screened by Transportation Security Administration agents after they arrived in New York on a flight from Kuwait. That factored into the decision to exclude them from the passenger terminal, officials said. But the TSA said the Marines had been screened by U.S. Customs.

"At no time were servicemen and women prohibited from entering the sterile area of Oakland International Airport by TSA personnel or regulations," the federal agency said.

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