After killing an American in Miami last week, the air marshals have decided to try to expand their role to all modes of transportation. If they keep creating work for themselves, they will have better job security. Maybe next year they will expand their role to guard the nation's milk supply.
http://apnews1.iwon.com//article/20051214/D8EG3LTO0.html?PG=home&SEC=news
Federal air marshals are expanding their work beyond airplanes, launching counterterror surveillance at train stations and other mass transit facilities in a three-day test program.
American Airlines pilot Denis Breslin, spokesman for the airline's pilots' union, said air marshals ought to stick to airplanes. "I don't think there's enough air marshals to cover commercial aviation as it is," Breslin said. "That's what transit police are for."
"TSA expects to find new ways to quickly deploy resources, in the event of an actual threat, that adds complexity to security measures outside of the aviation domain," the agency said in a statement.
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