[mewzilla]

May I ask a stupid question? Why in bloody blue blazes doesn't the USSS have a protocol in place for airlines to use when checking the backrounds of USSS agents. After 9-11, I would think that a no-brainer. Or are the airlines just supposed to take the agents' words and spiffy-looking IDs for it. Sheesh...

[Physicist]

Why in bloody blue blazes doesn't the USSS have a protocol in place for airlines to use when checking the backrounds of USSS agents.

Of course there's a protocol in place. Apparently the pilot didn't want to call the USSS.

[Trust but Verify]

Do we know the whole story? No. We have news reports. Yet, we are taking sides! It is just beautiful to me how people are coming to the defense of an industry who has taken the abuse of its customers to an art form.