<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Plato90s:
I think it's probably a bit difficult to get a hold of all the necessary personnel on Christmas day at 5pm .... Assuming there's actually a permanent liasion officer assigned to the Maryland police, does anyone think he's working Christmas day?</font>
President: Johnson? Murphy? Jackson? Roberts? Hey, where is my security detail?
Aide: I'm sorry Mr. President it's Christmas - they're off
President: Well I guess we're on our own. C'mon Laura, git my shotgun 'cause we're on our own ta'day
The U.S. Secret Service does not have days in which they "close". We're not talking about employees at the Dept. of Education, Labor or Interior that are able to close a regional office on Friday 12/21 and place a sign on the door that says - open on Wed 12/26. Also, I may your typical arrogant Californian that many times believes that the entire country, and the world, revolves around our state. However with that said, I'm sure even Maryland (especially since they border with D.C.) has a liaison at ATF for the Secret Service.
There is no excuse for this, it was nothing but racism. This I.D. verified, United States Secret Service Agent, working on the President's detail (not out looking for counterfeit money), who happens to be of arab descent was thrown off a plane because they did not feel "comfortable?"
The pilot and airport security personnel should be fired or at the very least suspended. You cannot continue to allow people a legal shield to hide their racist ways.
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Ken in Sacramento