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Old Nov 9, 2006 | 11:50 am
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gofast
 
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Originally Posted by seat17D
My unfounded prediction is that the "full scale investigation" will go no where due to lack of follow thru from TSA minders.
I would not be so sure:

Federal Air Marshal Fired...
for Making Planes Safer!

By Michael Hampton

November 3, 2006

In 2003, the Transportation Security Administration wanted to pull
federal air marshals off the highest-risk nonstop flights, just after
the U.S. had foiled al-Qaeda hijacking plots in which terrorists
would have used bombs smuggled inside cameras, flown planes into
London landmarks, and caused general mayhem in the skies.

Air marshal Robert MacLean blew the whistle. The air marshals didn’t
get pulled off the flights. And for that, he was fired.
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