ABC: 17 Air Marshals Go Public(serious flaws in homeland security program)

[sabra]

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/07/17_air_marshals.html

17 Air Marshals Go Public

Federal air marshals in four major cities will speak out tonight on their local television newscasts to warn the American public about serious flaws in the much-herald homeland security program.

"Our job is to prevent another Sept. 11 from happening. We can't do that. Not under these circumstances, not under these conditions," says a Las Vegas air marshal in an interview.

The air marshal is one of 17 who will appear anonymously in shadow on local ABC affiliates in Denver, Las Vegas, Atlanta and Dallas. The air marshals say that flawed policies put airline passengers in as much, if not more, danger today than on 9/11.

On May 19, an ABC News undercover investigation on 20/20 and World News Tonight was the first to reveal how Federal Air Marshal policies may be putting the flying public at risk by making it impossible for air marshals to work undercover.

[woodsprite]

1. Hmmmm, Think they're setting up a new 9/11 scenario? n/t

[Lerkfish]

2. the world of reality is a curious place.

[acmejack]

5. Since these people have been creating their "Own reality" it is.

It is well past time we force them to return to the commonly accepted reality that truly exists, the one that is fact bound. Truthiness constrained reality...

[MindPilot]

3. "Congress has done nothing to fix the problems"

The hell they haven't!! Why just in the past few days they've protected the "under god" in the pledge and a cross on a hill. They've kept queers from getting hitched and the president himself has made sure that millions of people will be spared a cure for debilitating diseases.

How can those traitors say that congress is doing nothing to keep America's air passengers safe? Why do they hate America?

[saigon68]

6. Don't forget tramps won't get EASY ABORTIONS either

[MindPilot]

9. I REALLY feel safe now.!!

[saigon68]

11. So do I but there is one more even happier

Dickless Cheney will sleep soundly on his heated water-bed tonight

[kurth]

13. Homeland Security cannot be secured without more free iPods and beer

Not to mention unlimited credit card usage on hookers and fact-finding trips to exotic lands.

[benddem]

4. one of the complaints I've heard before

is that they have to wear suits and ties and stand out like sore thumbs on the flights. Any terrorist smarter than the shoe bomber would be able to see this flight wasn't a good idea. I'm sure they have other complaints.

[MindPilot]

7. and that power failure in Socal a couple days ago...

A pickup truck hit a power pole and three major airports were affected; something like 25,000 passengers were delayed. If our air transport system is that delicate, we got way bigger issues than air marshalls who have to wear suits.

[uppityperson]

8. Good. k&r for reality.

[kurth]

10. Who in their right mind would hijack an airplane ala 9/11 anymore?

People have been jumped and strangled by fellow passengers just because they acted up. The same fate awaits any potential terrorist who tries to hijack an airplane.

Yeah, like we haven't spent enough taxpayer money to goldplate the cockpit doors and strip search little old ladies.

[SpiralHawk]

12. Incompetence is the hallmark of Bush and the republicons

They could feek up a free lunch --but somehow, you just know, republicon cronies are making Massive Profits from so-called "homeland* security"


* I don't want no steenking homeland, I want the United States of America

[progressoid]

14. Golly gee whiz. Incompetence from this administration? How can that be?

:shrug: