N.Y. Times Reporter, Photographer Cited (Kennedy Air Port Security)

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-3026318,00.html



NEW YORK (AP) - A New York Times reporter and
photographer were cited by the Coast Guard for
breaching a security zone after they were picked
up in a small boat near Kennedy International
Airport.

Reporter Corey Kilgannon and photographer
Librado Romero were following up on a story
about three lost fishermen who washed ashore at
the airport Sunday and wandered undetected near
a runway. The incident embarrassed the Port
Authority, which vowed to increase security.

The journalists were riding in a boat Wednesday
that was operated by Lawrence Seaman, who
was also taken into custody.

The Port Authority police marine unit picked up
the three Wednesday in Jamaica Bay, said
Pasquale DiFulco, a spokesman for the Port
Authority, which runs the airport.