Newark Security Breacher Just Wanted a Kiss

Romantic fool. Emphasis on fool.

I blame the passenger who reported the incident; he/she should have used racial profiling before determining to report the incident or not.

This guy is a moron, but what this shows is how truly, criminally inept the TSA is.

As to his sentence, throw him in jail for a few days and give him a crap load of some sort of community service.

Better yet, put him on a high level TSA watch list.

Then, every time he goes to any airport, he'll (hopefully) be forever subject to additional and time-consuming security measures such as intrusive body checks and exhausive baggage inspections.

One thing that hasn't been noted is that there is one more complicit party: Jiang's girlfriend. On the video, she welcomes him past the barrier rather than telling him to go back. She is an accomplice to his act, however innocent it may have seemed to either of them. Why hasn't the media scrutinized her during all this? Surely she must have been identified otherwise they wouldn't have found Jiang.

Let me fix that for you:

Better yet, put him on a high level TSA watch list.

Then, every time he goes to any airport, he'll board the plane just like every other passenger, unless he happens to be randomly picked for a search at the same odds every other passenger faced.

This man is not a moron, he is a PhD student who deliberately chose to disregard airport security and as a result caused a 7 hour delay and costs. If this man's deliberate disregard for laws caused your business time and money then I am sure that you would want retribution and compensation. This man caused a 7 hour delay and costs. He should be punished. I actually think 30 days isn't so bad considering the damages he caused. And yes the TSA didn't do their jobs and this must be addressed but TSA are human and they will ERR which is why People MUST follow airport security regulations or be punished if they don't. Airport security won't work if both sides (TSA and passengers) don't do the right thing.

If someone slipping under a tape "guaded" by one person in a busy place was so critical to your business that you'd lose thousands of person/hours in time and monoey due to that action, your business is being ineptly run.

If someone deliberately disregards your policy and causes you money and time then of course you would be upset. I don't understand why you so defending this guy who has no regards for the law. He knew what he did and he did it for his own needs and caused other people stress and delays. shame on his selfishness.

"A kiss that bears a checkpoint's traces,

An airline ticket to corrective places..."

jaycjay replied to comment from moocowtoo

I'd say start about a minute before that to see what happens.

Right at the beginning of the clip, the guy you want to watch is standing just a few paces in front of the guard's podium. At about 1:00, the guard goes over to him and apparently tells him he has to move, so he goes farther out but remains visible.

Then nothing significant happens until around 4:40, when the guard is seen to be on his cell phone. At about 4:52, he gets up and walks out blending in with the departing passengers. A few seconds later our guy, who at that point had moved to just inside the entrance side of the barrier, makes his move

This man is guilty and should go to jail. at least a month . he's no kid. shame on him. he deliberately ignore the tsa earlier instructions and calculated his move,

30 days seems fair, he intentionally trespassed and cause a lot of delays. The motive that he was romantic and wanted to kiss his girl doesn't negate this criminal act. Yes, this wouldn't never happened if the TSA were doing their job but it doesn't give him a free jail pass. He knew that he was not permitted pass the nonsecure area but he trespass anyhow.

Criminal?

He should get a $100 fine, maybe $200. He walked past a ribbon, didn't harm anyone, big whup.

All the harm was from the dopey response of the TSA. We can't let stupidity on the part of government or anyone dictate the punishment people get. It's like if you caused a tiny fenderbender and the other driver said "Oh, my car is scratched. I can't drive a re-painted car. I'll have to buy a new one." Is the nutiness of the other driver (or in this case the TSA) relevant to how much you should pay. Get the scratch repainted. If the other driver/TSA wants to go off the deep end, that's their problem. Actually it's our problem, since we pay taxes.

I just read he caused a 7 hour delay and lots of money. He should be fined much more. 1/2 the damages he caused. Seriously, he calculated his move and deliberately disregarded airport security. TSA can bear the other half in cost since they are just as complicit.

I don't disagree with you at all on the TSA and how inept they are and we pay for that ineptness. But this man knew what he did and he can't justify it with romanticism. Even if his true intentions were harmless it doesn't excuse his disregard for airport security. So i do think he should go to jail and 30 days seems fair. I definitely don't think it will or won't send any message to terrorists but it will make it clear that people must follow airport security.

"Disregard for security"

Whose security did he hurt? Who was made less safe by his actions?

He disregarded *procedures* which is not the same thing.

The TSA officer told him to return behind the line. The TSA officer is security and those procedures are there for security reasons. And he caused a 7 hour delay which cost money and does affect security.

Using your logic, what about drunk drivers? They get caught at a checkpoint. Didn't harm anyone. Big whup, right? Small fine, let 'em go.

Two can play the bogus analogy game: using your logic, if you go over the speed limit at all you should turn yourself in and ask for jailtime.

The difference between what this guy did and what a drunk driver did is what he did had near zero potential to harm anyone. All the harm game from a stupid response.

To quote Ronald Reagan, "There you go again."

What does it take to get through your thick skull? You keep saying there was "no harm." I'm pretty sure if you were stuck in that terminal for six or seven hours, your appointment missed, your hotel reservation cancelled when you didn't show at check-in time or your vacation shortened by 12 hours or so, you wouldn't be so forgiving. Get back to us after you've gone to any of those passengers and told them that this guy didn't do anything to them. Assuming you're able to get back to us rather than being throttled into unconsciousness. I'm not going to say this again since you seem to be willfully ignoring it: this was not a victimless act.

I'm sorry, but I fail to see how locking him up for life would send a message to future terrorists. Most terrorists expect to die for their acts, why would they be afraid of a harsh jail sentence precedent?

Who said to lock him up for life? Where do you guys get these statements? The most anyone said was that he was guilty of premediated violation of the law and the single charge of "defiant trespass" giving him up to a $500 fine and 30 days in jail isn't much for what he did to all those people.

If anyone is to blame it's the TSA security guard who left his post.

One man's incompetence does not absolve another man's willful disregard for the rules. Again, notice not so much as one other person crossed the line as Jiang did when the guard was absent.

Greed?

What was he being greedy about? Love? He's greedy about wanting a kiss? Jackass.

So you want to kick out a valuable scientist to sate your xenophobic tendencies? Bets are that Spirit of 76 doesn't do anything of substance or have any body of knowledge that substantively contributes to society-- nothing as valuable as a Phd in neuroscience.

Let's use Jiang's marginally questionably poor judgment as a cover for our obnoxious xenophobia/racism to prevent him from finishing his PHd while excusing the TSA employee of not doing his/her job.

Kicking Jiang out of the country would be doing HIM a favor and us a disservice. Chances are Jiang will have many more opportunities elsewhere (esp back in China where the economy is growing by leaps and bound) over the US's sucky pharma and biotech industries. That would be OUR loss as Americans. Thanks, xenophobes, for driving valuable immigrants back to their own country while dinging our economy and growth.

Talk about taking things personnally... sbl said: "So you want to kick out a valuable scientist to sate your xenophobic tendencies?" First of all, who here said anything about kicking this moron out of the country? Are you in the habit of jumping to hairbrained conclusions? Right now it's most probable that Jiang will get a $500 fine for all the trouble he's caused.

And where did you get the idea that Jiang's such a *valuable* scientist? Geez, why not make it sound like he's on the fast track for discovering the cure for cancer? Yeah he may be a scientist, but frankly he's just one among very many. And who's not to say that once Jiang gets his PhD he won't go back to China and use the knowledge gained here for the primary benefit of the Chinese government--and the enrichment of himself. And in the real world that is the most likely scenario for most Chinese nationals working towards their PhDs in the US. (However, if you wish to think of him as a virtual budding Mother Teresa that's your perogative.)

Jiang stepped into a restrictive area at Newark and was told by the TSA guard to get back under the security rope and Jiang complied. But what does Jiang do next? When the same guard briefly turns away, JIANG SNEAKS BACK under the rope into the restrictive area. As a foreign student here, how does Jiang return the hospitality and goodwill of the US? By showing a complete disdain for our airport security. Jiang obviously knew what he was doing was wrong (having been previously warned by the guard) but clearly demonstrated that he views himself to be above the rules and laws of this country.

Are you really this stupid or are you just pretending to be? Point out anywhere where I made xenophobic statements. You don't even know the difference between neuroscience and molecular biosciences. I'd shut up while I was ahead. Wait, you're not ahead. Never mind.

I have to go with stupid for sbl. Normally, I'd be more charitable and say uninformed. But in this case, stupid seems to cover all the bases.

This wouldn't have been a story if the TSA agent DID HIS JOB! Had he been doing what he is geting paid to to this wouldn't have happened so its this kids fault. This country is so F'ed

If this was some white kid who ran to his blond cute girlfriend for a kiss, the media would be all over the love story, forgiving him for TSA's laxness. Instead the guy's from asia, so they want him jailed, saying the TSA employee who LEFT HIS POST was a "star employee" so should not be faulted. If only the guy looked more european/white american, then he'd be off the hook. Oh well, sucks for him to be asian from asia.

And this isn't pulling the race card, it's pulling the "white yuppie-hipster" card and so true, nonetheless.

If this kid was white, we'd be seeing him on "Good Morning America" with his distressed cords, navy blue hoodie and Starbucks coffee talking about his new blog he launched that outlines the weekend with his true-urbanite love.

And folks would be all over it: until, of course, he gets overexposed for what he is and crawls back under his hipster rock-concrete in Williamsburg.

Ah, the race card. I was wondering when somebody would deal that.

He was not "responsible" for shutting down that terminal. Dopey policies and security design were.

Lautenberg is a tool.

yah, Lautenberg is an idiot. It's not the dopey policy or security design that screwed up here.

It's the "star employee" who left his post and allowed anyone to walk on through. Wasn't that his job? To keep people from walking through that area? Um, star employee seemed to have not done his job.

So next time someone doesn't do his or her job, we should blame-- and even jail-- the other party. Makes sense.

For what it's worth, there are no *star* TSA employees--there are *model* employees perhaps but not star. But no problem because that's an understandable mistake for someone who's an inveterate viewer of TMZ.

Absolutely. And if a guard at a bank isn't watching when I grab a bag of cash, that's his problem and I shouldn't be punished if I'm caught later, right?

One is called the guard not doing his job and giving his girlfriend a kiss in an area that would be restricted if the guard was doing his job.

The other is called stealing.

Sort of different.

Ah, so you're saying if a bank guard isn't watching the cash, he's doing his job just fine.

IF this guy goes to jail, the score shall read:

Police State:1 Love: 0

Seriously, the TSA should go to jail for being so incompetent.

I have to wonder: All you people saying, "Aww, he was just in love. Leave him alone." Would you be as forgiving if you were one of the thousands locked in the terminal for hours, not knowing what was going on, not knowing if your safety was at risk? Would you be as forgiving if you had missed an important appointment? This didn't just affect Newark. The entire air traffic system is interconnected.

Was the TSA incompetent? Sure. But you didn't see anybody else going into the restricted area when the guard left, did you? "He just wanted to give her a hug." "He just wanted to say good bye." He did all that before she passed into the area. He was just being a selfish, greedy, inconsiderate jerk after that when he wanted more. That was demonstrated again by his not turning himself in even though he obviously followed the news and knew they were looking for him.

Say good bye to any hope of a good job in the US, Jiang. If I ran a biotech company, I sure wouldn't hire someone who couldn't follow the simple instruction, "Stay out of areas you're not authorized to be in."

Greedy?

Get a grip. What greed?

And not turning himself in? WTF? He didn't even know he'd done anything wrong.

Get a grip. Have you ever sped in a car? Ever jaywalked? Yes? Oh well, you can't follow simple instruction, can you?

He didn't know he had done anything wrong? Then why did he say, "You got me"? Someone who believes he didn't do anything would have asked, "What did I do?" He knew they were looking for him, and he just let them keep looking because he personally didn't think he needed to be punished or even questioned and figured they would never find him. That's arrogant.

Questioned? For what? Turn himself in? For what?

Have you turned yourself in for when you jaywalked? Not yet? Maybe you better go do that first.

No, I haven't turned myself in for jaywalking. If you have the merest shred of evidence that I've inconvenienced thousands and that the police are out looking for me, I'd be happy to do so, otherwise please drop this disingenuous attempt at reductio ad absurdum.

Stop dodging the question. If he thought he did nothing wrong, why was he not surprised when the cops came? Who in the the vicinity of Newark didn't know about the incident via the news? He would have had to be living under a rock not to hear that the police were actively seeking the man in the video. A responsible person would have come forward and said, "It was me. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to cause trouble."

Spirit-- you've never been "greedy" I take it? Dang, I like your definition of greed. Then everyone I know can be considered greedy when they want another bite of ice cream, or another kit kat or, dare I say some white castle burgders (can't ever stop at one, can you)? Cuz it's NOT NEEDED. Excessive is clearly a subjective term, and 76's perspective of excessive is a bit on the ascetic side....

Excessive? An extra kiss sure is greedy. Damn greedy, I say.

I'm sure 76 is the model of ascetism, foregoing anything that is "not needed". No kisses. No ice cream. No french fries. Only what's needed. No law & order late night marathon reruns. Nope.

You definitely got the greed definition down pat.

Try again. That definition is taken directly from Merriam-Webster.

greed: (noun) a selfish and excessive desire for more of something than is needed

Example: "I just want a few more kisses, a few more hugs, another 20 minutes with my girl, even though we've spent the last few days together and we'll see each other again since she's not shipping out to Iraq or anything like that."

"Now, he may serve up to 30 days in prison."

Jail. Not likely to be sent be prison on a 30-day misdemeanor sentence.

Uh, didn't we already get this posted yesterday?

No, the possible 30 days of imprisonment is news.

On that note, from today's article, they quote his friend as saying:

"He loves his girlfriend. He just went to say goodbye to her."

He couldn't have done that before she went into the terminal?!