Look at the biggest moron in the TSA, Norm Mineta. He was appointed because of his race and refused to allow pilots to carry weapons.

The whole TSA should be thrown in the trash along with Norm Mineta who is an pandering racist and anti gun advocate.

This is the guy you want to protect the airways.

Then there is Julie Meyers, Ice Princess who has zero law enforcement experience but knows how to put her makeup on and act tough. She has prosecuted one employer then let them all go, catch and release style.

The list is endless. FBI same thing, Homeland Security, same thing. All appointed political hacks.

You would think they would be required to at least have a resume for running an agency.

Some people are just plain STUPID.

These terrorist are cockroaches who slit the throats of innocent flight attendants and pilots in order to get into the cockpit… Professor Blather wins a money prize for his great idea! lol.

I put a lot of my air-travel sanity in the hands of these air-marshalls! Thanks for letting us know we still need to be our own eyes and ears (well, with a gov’t agency ‘looking out for us’ I guess we should all know that already….)
Thanks Michelle

Good Vent! I agree they are getting better and better. Sometimes I find myself thinking maybe you are getting a little too worked up about some of your subjects.

But then I watch one like this and I think, Nah — You are right on the button, lady.

Good work.

Subsunk

Would Congress feel different about this if United 93 had made it to Washington unhindered by heroic passengers? Today, they risk all of our lives while flying around the country in private jets….

I remember these stories fairly well. Maybe it is just me, but this seems like another example of Washington, PC wanting to fight the war on terrorism like a gentleman’s war…giving the bad guy fair warning, sort of like the aces of WWI who promoted chivarly during dogfights in their Sopwith Camels (sort of like Snoopy), Spads, and Fokker biplanes and triplanes.

If there is another 9/11 attack, I fear that it will only make too many people WANT to forget. The desire to win against terrorism tends to be fleeting. Hopefully, I am wrong.

And the disintergration continues….

IMHO you should stay on the DHS beat a bit and do an interview with Clark Kent Ervin (http://www.aspeninstitute.org/site/c.huLWJeMRKpH/b.1661873/k.2A4C/Institutes_Homeland_Security_Expert_Clark_Ervin_Warns_of_Nations_Security_Vulnerabilities.htm), former IG of DHS. If you do speak with him you might ask him about CTPAT (http://hsc.house.gov/files/TestimonyErvin.pdf).

Folks, please remember your Political Science 101. “The only thing an entrenched bureaucracy does well is get bigger”. Our Federal government is out of control and out of touch with reality. If this AM fiasco does not prove it, I don’t know what will. We cannot hand over our lives, well-being and responsibilities to a Federal institution (or bureaucrats) that do not care for much of anything except to keep its job. Tom Quinn was a total incompetent for such an important position and it took a 2 year investigation to see the obvious. Sometimes I wonder how this country is going to survive. Get involved and vote the irresponsible boobs out of office. That includes your home state pet Republican senator who does not have a backbone or a shred of common sense!

JonR

In that case, liberals might finally get their non-existent indictment dreams to come true …!

Now the terrorists know for sure we have AM on the plane.

That is good. But I fear that they would go for our border instead.

Bush is such a….

Easy87us

… why not just give up on the undercover part all together? Seriously. At this point, all they’re doing is getting the air marshalls killed.

If they can’t change their procedures – why not be obvious on purpose?

Have the air marshalls wear full camoflage, a flak vest or armor, a SWAT style helmet, and all the rest. Arm them with M-4′s … and let them just sit on stools at the back of first class and coach.

With their weapons locked, cocked, and pointed in the general direction of the passengers.

It would be superior to the current option which has none of the advantages of overt, in-your-face security and also has none of the advantages of actual under cover operatives.