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All went down, randi. they say that the gun supplier was an atlanta-based delta airlines baggage handler named withdrew gene harvey. he used his airport security clearance to essentially bypass security checkpoints and get the guns into the secure area. once his accomplice, who was a former delta employee, mark henry, cleared tsa, the two men would communicate via text message, meet up in an airport bathroom and that's where the transfer would happen. and that's how more than 100 guns were smuggled on to passenger planes during a seven-month period. investigators eventually closed in on this e...

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...

Charged with helping a smuggler move guns across the country. pete williams has been following the story for us. pete, how did it, according to investigators, play out? >> this is all according to an arrest warrant for a 31 year-old baggage handler for delta united in atlanta named eugene. he helped a former employee sneak guns to new york to sell on the street. that man has been arrested. according to investigators, two weeks ago harvey used his airport security badge to enter the airport terminal and later go into a concourse bathroom. they say the former employee came into the same bathroom...

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 y...

Five-man operation. >> this gun can shoot through a car door, can shoot through an apartment door, can shoot through a bullet-proof vest. in november, mr. henry brought this gun on a delta commercial airliner to new york. >> reporter: this kind of breach in security has happened before. in 2010 an american airlines baggage handler helped smuggle 12,000 pounds of marijuana on board a flight to new york. in 2013, an airline employee sentenced after agreeing to smuggle a machine gun and cocaine on to a commercial plane. and a 2009 government audit said workers with access to security airport area...