Two CNN producers seeking to report on recent breaches of security at the World Trade Center site were arrested on Tuesday as they tried to break into the area, the authorities said.

The two men, Yonatan Pomrenze, 35, and Connor Fieldman Boals, 26, were seen repeatedly trying to get in, said Joseph Pentangelo, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the site.

Their arrests, on charges of trespassing, disorderly conduct and obstruction of governmental administration, came amid intense scrutiny of security at the World Trade Center site. Last week, the police arrested a 16-year-old, Justin Casquejo, who had sneaked through a fence and climbed to the spire at 1 World Trade Center. On Monday, three men and their lookout turned themselves in to the police admitting they had parachuted from the tower last year.

In both instances, the trespassing occurred in darkness.

The CNN employees, however, were trying to enter the property around 2 p.m., as the area teemed with construction workers, tourists and police officers. They carried a video camera on a tripod and a GoPro, a smaller camera often attached to the user, Mr. Pentangelo said.