[OldFriend]

There is no question that the hiring practices of the secret service have given us a group of people hired on the basis of national origin, gender, sexual orientation, and no doubt other criteria that have NOTHING to do with merit.

[cousair]

The agent should be fired for allowing the incident to go as far as it did. The pilot of the plane was right in doing what he did. His airline has lost THREE major planes in just a couple of months. There aren't many airlines who can handle that and stay in the air. The pilot (Captain) is the last authority on the plane and can call the shots anyway he likes due to the safety of his passengers and plane.