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PA: Obama threat suspect had passed background checks
Photo credit: AP | John Brek, appears on a closed circuit television for a video arraignment before Superior Court Judge Amilkar Velez-Lopez in Newark, N.J. (October 22, 2009)
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A security guard charged in a shooting threat against President Barack Obama had cleared extensive state and federal background checks, the Port Authority said Friday.
Screening for security guards is under the spotlight after an unarmed Newark Liberty International Airport guard, John Brek, 55, of Linden, N.J., was charged with three state felony counts after he was allegedly overheard making...
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