Posted on 01/06/2010 6:00:40 PM PST by Freedumb
President Barack Obama has ordered a "surge" of federal air marshals to be in place by Feb.1 in what officials said was a "race against time," with other suicide bombers believed to be in the terrorist pipeline, although there is no specific imminent threat, federal officials told ABC News.
President Obama has authorized the augmentation of the Federal Air Marshal Service from other Federal Law Enforcement Agencies. ALL international flights will have Air Marshals on board.
Under a preliminary plan, the officials said the already existing federal air marshal force of more than 3,200 personnel would be deployed almost exclusively to overseas flights flown by U.S. carriers.
Domestic high-risk flights will be covered by agents from other federal law enforcement agencies who were trained as air marshals in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks
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Let's just tell the terrorists that our domestic flights are now vulnerable.
Well, lookee here.
Another CRISIS.
I wonder how he’ll use this to seize more power for Obammie’s Commies.
And yet he voted against “Bush’s” war on terror.
How exactly will an air marshall in row 25 prevent a terrorist in row 8 from blowing up himself and the plane?
Easy way to burnish credentials on national security. Doesn’t involve searching anyone, or identifying the bad guys.
Worst-case effect is that it drives up the cost of air travel (which is good from their standpoint).
No brainer.
Why would 0bama want Air Marshalls on flights? To protect the flights against the non-existant terrorists? /sarc
now we find out that the State Dept knew about panty bomber while he was in the air..but no notification to anyone on board!
PROFILE, PROFILE, PROFILE!
Let the Israeli’s show us how it is done and done right!
Hell, if I was an Airline president I would make it a policy! It would be a sure ticket seller.
Well Yea, But - What is this race against time all about?
You’ve got the seating reversed. Every Air Marshal ALWAYS sits in first class. It’s a scam and a waste.
I think I am just going to stay on the ground far away from any major plane routes.
This administration is a bunch of laughingstock stooges, Benny Hill theme music ought to be played anytime anyone from this farce says anything at all...
This tells me stuff is going on behind the scenes that is scaring them. The enemy holds our entire economy hostage when it threatens air travel. The question becomes, who is the enemy? I knew who was to blame when the ME embargoed the USA after it supported Israel in the 68 and 72 wars. We knew who was pressuring us to change our allegiances. Now we have the USA and the west putting pressure on Iran and Pakistan, woops lookie there, we are being threatened with an embargo of sorts, an AIR TRAVEL EMBARGO.
Buy Bye economy. Hello depression.
Think like a scheming, cunning animal and you will start to understand this enemy and how it will fight us.
Its high time the GOP leadership crawls out from whatever rock it sleeps under and demands profiling of all muzzies using the same techniques EL AL uses to keep the filthy muhammedan subhuman animals from blowing up its citizens.
Make those marxist SOB’s running DC go on record on the profiling question,”Do you support racial and religious profiling, yes or no?”
They can start with the muzzie son of a whore in the White House
Any way you look at it. It’s going to happen on his watch.
Obama’s fault. He’s bought it.
WAKE UP!
Surges always fail, according to Obama.
But president Klod - these folks will cary g - g- g- guns!
See your local hood for how these work, Klodman!
Typical progressive feel-good BS
Dead people would be a major buzz kill.
Feb. 1, eh? Should make a good talking point for SOU speech on Feb. 2.
CORRECTION: 67 and 73 wars -—> DOH. Yeah the ME playas embargoed our butts to try and change our behavior. This is the modern embargo threat, nothing less, IMHO.
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