For those of you looking for a sleeping aid tonight, find out when CSpan will rebroadcast today's Senate hearing on Homeland Security. In it, Kean, Hamilton, and Asa Hutchinson testify.

Without the direct transcript in front of me, Hutchinson stated the FAM program is well run. He noted they will be "supplementing" the current roster of FAMs with other gun-carrying federal agents, but will coordinate their schedules more closely to avoid having said agents and FAMs on the same flight. This would increase "coverage" of flights but not necessarily increase the number of FAMs. I thought this clarification was helpful.

When pressed by Senator Boxer regarding recent news reports about FAMs not allowed to fly because of dress code violations, he stated they continue to review policies. He stated in principle that FAMs should be kept covert, and only expose their identities during specific crises.

I was not able to hear all of his remarks regarding the pace of the armed pilot policy...

I'm not going to debate the efficacy of the FAM program here, but I do believe one thing is very clear: the current policies on dress code, boarding procedures, and general behavior for FAMs on planes is contradictory to Hutchinson's statement today. I don't believe anyone on FT would suggest they are flying "covertly." I, for one, will address this discrepancy in a letter to Under Secretary Hutchinson.