Surveillance video shows the two men, at right, near the baggage claim.
  



"Seeing heavily armed men in the airport alarmed the volunteers, but they didn't know whom to contact."

"The security level at the airport these days is bright orange for "high," which means our dogged security folks are more on edge than usual. This is not the best time to park your car at the curb for a few moments while you help Grandma check her bag. And for heaven's sake, don't leave your backpack unattended or you might be mistaken for a terrorist."

"But if you're wearing a black uniform and toting an assault rifle, no one is going to give you a second look."


"I hate to sound paranoid, but is something out of whack?"


"As the Mercury News reported Monday, a pair of security officers from Lawrence Livermore Laboratory who were picking up a co-worker at Mineta San Jose International Airport over the weekend parked their official-looking SUV with lights flashing at the curb and walked into the terminal with pistols on their hips and assault rifles casually slung over their shoulders. They chatted with the volunteers at the information desk and then hung around the baggage carousel for seven or eight minutes. When their passenger arrived they took off. Through it all, no one called the San Jose cops. From what I could see on the airport's security videotape, no one even looked at them."