Oliver McGee on Plane Mechanic with ISIS Ties: This Is ‘Very Chilling,’ We Need to Treat Airports as ‘National Security Installations’

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JENKINS: “A Fox News alert, an American Airlines mechanic accused of sabotaging a plane packed with passengers pleading not guilty and is denying all ties to ISIS. Prosecutors say the suspect admitted to tampering with the jet to make overtime, but it pointed to chilling details including ISIS videos on his phone and telling a coworker about his own brother who he claimed is part of the terror group. This comes amid new terror threats against major U.S. cities, including New York City. Oliver McGee is a former U.S.  Deputy Assistant Secretary of Transportation, and joins us now to react. Oliver, this is chilling stuff.”

MCGEE: “Oh, absolutely, Griff. This is very chilling. I think that we really need to start thinking about airports as national security installations in this post-9/11 world, and we really need to cast a wider net in airports from the curb through the passenger checkpoints and now onto the tarmacs near these aircraft. This pilot was essentially — or this person, which is now under investigation — “