[Howlin]

One other thing that bothered me: in this day and time, this "atmosphere," if you will, why on EARTH would this guy be carrying a textbook about the history of Islam? I mean, if I know not to carry that onboard, why wouldn't a Secret Service agent have the sense not to????

[UberVernunft]

One other thing that bothered me: in this day and time, this "atmosphere," if you will, why on EARTH would this guy be carrying a textbook about the history of Islam? I mean, if I know not to carry that onboard, why wouldn't a Secret Service agent have the sense not to????

Kind of ironic. This so called SS agent seemed to lack common sense in just about everything he did on the flight and subsequently. Now that he has made such a public spectacle of himself he has compromised his security status. The pilot was just doing his job, while this "agent" has basically spit in the face of the POTUS.