terror could activate isis terror cells in the u.s. the joint terror task force is investigating the threat. a delta airlines worker waking up behind bars accused of helping to smuggle 18 firearms on to a flight headed to new york city. eugene harvey busted for allegedly handing off ammo to passengers. four men in total were arrested in the gun running operation. a top i.r.s. official considered admitting to the targeting of conservative groups before the 2012 election but didn t. according to a bombshell new report then-deputy commissioner steven miller saying in an e-mail that he should quote put a stake in the issue. miller testified in july 2012 but never revealed his knowledge of the misconduct. the detail is one of many findings and allegations in a 226-page republican-authorized report that is going to be released today. those are all of your
learn more at a live news conference by the brooklyn d.a. coming up at 3:00 p.m. eastern time. in the meantime, aviation correspondent rene marsh has been working the phones trying to hammer down how they could do anything like this. rene, ever since 9/11 i have watched as the tsa has been put into place, new security measures have been established, i ve had to take off my shoes and i watch pilots and i watch flight attendants and i even watch the girl from starbucks who works in the concourse go through security and actually get her bags x-rayed. how on earth could this have happened with the baggage handler? it s an alarming breach in airport security. having said that, this is how investigators say this all happened. the gun supplier according to investigators was that delta airlines baggage handler. apparently, this individual by the name of eugene harvey, he would drive his vehicle into the employee parking lot and then, with his badge, he would let
how did this happen? good question. apparently he had help. investigators say from a delta baggage handler. and now a major smuggling investigation is underway and that arrest raising all kinds of concerns about security. i do have a statement from delta. let me read this for you. delta is cooperating with authorities in this investigation. we take seriously any activity that fails to uphold our strict commitment to the safety and security of our customers and employees. here with me to explain. i mean, i m hopping on a plane later today and you think of all of the security we go through and you think they could get a loaded carry-on, with guns? seemingly a huge breach in security, right? and in atlanta s hartsfield jackson airport, the busiest in the country. a lot of people flying through there, especially during the holidays. here s what happened, brooke. this man, a baggage handler for delta. his name is eugene harvey. he was getting, smuggling guns through an entrance to the air
this is a fascinating case. they had a switch going on in the bathroom? in one case in a food court. all of this is part of an investigation with police in new york city. we are trying to trace the illegal flow of guns. a 31-year-old baggage handler, eugene harvey agreed to help a former employee to sneak guns on to flights in new york and were sold on the street. that man has been arrested. according to the documents two weeks ago, this is the one you were talking about, harvey used his badge as he did every day to go to the delta parking lot for employees, entering that with his secure badge and went into the terminal and later into a concourse bathroom. according to the arrest warrant,
would go through all he had to do, he could park in an employee parking lot, badge himself in and in the terminal with the guns. henry would go through the normal tsa check points, like any other passenger. with the knapsack that wasn t quite full. so he went in as a standard passenger. but they had a meeting place that they would meet. different in the airport. sometimes it was in the restroom, sometimes it was at a credit union. but they knew. and so, they would meet at the airport, harvey would find he y henry, give him the guns, henry would take the guns, put it in his knapsack, and then henry would literally catch a delta flight to new york. we know that henry did this on at least 17 occasions between may and december of this year. we also know based on