[Trust but Verify]

Bush was wrong, wrong, wrong to make political hay out of this.>p? You are wrong, wrong, wrong. He did not 'make political hay' out of this. He responded to a press question. I saw it live, it was a passing remark that the media has glommed onto. Why wouldn't he be 'madder than heck' at shoddy treatment of one of the men who defends his life? What kind of clod would he be if he didn't voice support for one of his protecteors?

Geesh! Are we ever going to get over this desire to demonize anyone of middle-eastern descent?

[Brad C.]

So we have a pilot, who has to protect the lives of not only his crew, but the passengers on board and the aircraft itself. He made a decision that he felt needed to be made at that time. Mean while, the agent is how far away from the President?

[Glenn]

Are we ever going to get over this desire to demonize anyone of middle-eastern descent?

You're getting emotional.

[browardchad]

What kind of clod would he be if he didn't voice support for one of his protecteors?

That support was way too premature -- if you haven't noticed, in the wake of 9/11, everything Bush says takes on added importance.

What concerns me more than who's at fault here is the SS Agent first going to CAIR, whose support of terrorist organizations through the years is well-documented, and then his media campaign, via lawyer press-conferences, a sole sympathetic witness on TV, and who knows what else. He definitely seems to have an agenda much the same as the ACLU. Trouble with that agenda is that it could easily lead to compromise of already dismal security, in the name of "discrimination."

I hope the FBI and CIA are carefully checking this agent's contacts, and re-checking his history. It smells.