Watch: The air marshals mess, the Captain Queeg of homeland security, and my stewardess imitation.

I’m sifting through the draft House Judiciary Committee report on the safety threats to air marshals. It’s scheduled to be considered for adoption by the panel on Thursday. Mainstream outlets covered the gist of the report on Friday, but several key points were underplayed–particularly the inaccurate statements supplied by disgraced FAMS director Thomas Quinn to the committee, the slow response on needed changes to protect marshals’ anonymity, and the remaning top managers at FAMS who have little or no experience in aviation security.

More later.

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The mess at DHS
The air marshal and the ACLU
Still flying blind
Aviation security gaps
The air marshals’ mess: code red
Another fine air marshals’ mess
Update on the air marshals
Another air marshal outrage
Dressed for failure
Air rage, Pt. II
Air rage
The “kill-me-first dress code”

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