Newsstand - CNN: "Agency policies put air marshals at risk"

From the tell me something I don't know dept:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/19/air.marshal/index.html

"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Federal Air Marshal Service is jeopardizing the safety of rank-and-file officers with policies that could reveal the identities of the plainclothes marshals, congressional investigators said in a draft report obtained Friday by CNN.

The service's dress code and check-in procedures at airports and hotels make it harder for the marshals to remain anonymous, the House Judiciary Committee draft report states.

The report is the product of a two-year investigation."
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Of course they could've saved two years and many thousands of tax payer dollars just by checking flyertalk.

Of course they could've saved two years and many thousands of tax payer dollars just by checking flyertalk....or simply shutting the program down.

Of course they could've saved two years and many thousands of tax payer dollars just by checking flyertalk.

Amen to that. Look at any of the airline boards and you know that Air Marshalls usually sit in Row 2. Why not the last row of first?

Amen to that. Look at any of the airline boards and you know that Air Marshalls usually sit in Row 2. Why not the last row of first?

Or in coach. If they must be on the plane at all and armed no less.