All i know is that there are a lot of f18s and f16s loitering over socal the past 24 hours
More than normal?
Air Show?
Training?
Extra Patrol?
Updates apprciated.
THANKS Karl.
http://mensnewsdaily.com/blog/kouri/2005/06/federal-air-marshals-sue-dhs-tsa-dot.html
Thursday, June 09, 2005
"Federal Air Marshals Sue DHS, TSA, DOT Over De Facto Gag Order"
by Jim Kouri, CPP
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Federal Air Marshal Association and its President Terry Babb, filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Federal Air Marshal Director Thomas Quinn, challenging federal air marshal rules designed to prevent federal air marshals from speaking about any matter that pertains to the Federal Air Marshal Service, the Transportation Security Administration and the US Department of Transportation.
The actions by DHS, TSA and other agencies amounts to a de facto gag order placed on air marshals. Recently, border patrol agents were also required to sign a non-disclosure agreement thus prohibiting border agents from speaking with the news media or even the US Congress about problems and concerns regarding border security and illegal immigration.
The lawsuit alleges that the Federal Air Marshal Service rules are an attempt to smother and prevent the disclosure of information by federal air marshals of agency mismanagement, fraud, waste and abuse. In addition, the lawsuit challenges the Federal Air Marshal Service actions in investigating the Federal Air Marshal Association in an attempt to identify FAMA members, its Board of Directors and other private information about the organization."