<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by cactuspete:
Jumping in late here, but isn't it a fact that the agent's paperwork had some inconsistencies? [Correct me if I am wrong.]If so, what choice did the pilot have? </font>
If you look hard enough, you can always find something wrong with a person's paperwork. Again, dont forget that this pilot has no training in law enforcement and ignored a policeman that verified the agent's identity.
I believe in the only logical answer, the pilot had a problem with the agent being an Arab-American. Trust me, if the agent had blonde hair and blue eyes, this never would have happened.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Plato90s:
If it's vital to national security that this one agent be in Texas, the government has its own jets.
If this agent was vitally needed as part of Bush's detail, he'd be on Air Force One.
Personally, I find more respect for a fireman or policeman who risk his life for ANY citizen who might need his assistance, not just those important enough to rate special protection.
Police/firemen die in the line of duty on a daily basis while, to the best of my knowledge, not a single SS agent on the Presidential Detail has ever done so.
SS agents are paid much more than police/firemen and they risk less.
I know which person I will respect more.</font>
Many goverment employees fly daily on our commercial airlines, your comment about using goverment planes is absurb. The agent was on offical duty and required to be armed.
The president's security detail involves hundreds and at times thousands of people depending on the location. Are you saying that one member of the detail is more valuable than another? The last time that I checked, flying on Air Force One is not a requirement for an agent to be able to protect and save the president's life.
I am shocked that you would put a higher value on any type of goverment employee, when the person's duty is to protect us and put himself in harm's way. Where would you put the members of our armed forces that are fighting in Afganistan, behind police and firemen or ahead of them?
I respect them all!