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Article: Air marshals at risk, report says; Policies make them easy to spot, House panel agrees
- Article from:
- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- May 20, 2006
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Federal officials are unnecessarily risking the lives of
undercover air marshals with boarding procedures, dress codes and
hotel policies that expose their identities, a congressional
investigation has found.
A draft of the House Judiciary Committee's report also slams the
Federal Air Marshal Service, accusing the agency and its former chief
of retaliating against whistle-blowers and misleading congressional
investigators.
The report comes two years after the Journal Sentinel revealed
that air marshals could easily be spotted by the way they were
required to pass through checkpoints at Mitchell International
Airport and other airports nationwide. Committee investigators said
they agreed with ...