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Federal Air Marshal Service

Federal Air Marshals Claim Unfair Work Environment

AP | By EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 02.09.2012 | Latino Voices
Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Video, Discrimination, Federal Air Marshal Service, Racial Discrimination, Homeland Security, Latino Voices News

WASHINGTON -- Some senior officials at the Federal Air Marshal service made fun of veterans, homosexuals and minorities, creating what employees descr...

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WATCH: ABC News Investigates Air Marshals

Posted 02.08.2012 | Travel
Read More: Global Pulse, Video, Federal Air Marshal Service, Air Marshals, ABC News, Abc News Air Marshalls, Air Marshals Investigation, Travel News

An ABC News report that aired on Tuesday night investigates the apparently crazy world of air marshals. According to the report, there is a "strik...

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Mohammed Al-Madadi Returning To Qatar: Diplomat Will Leave U.S. After Airline Cigarette Bomb Scare

AP | MATTHEW LEE and P. SOLOMON BANDA | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Air Marshals, Bomb Scare, Bomb Scare Denver, Diplomat and Airplane, Federal Air Marshal Service, Mohammed Al-Madadi, Qatar, Qatari Diplomat, Shoe Bomb, Shoe Bomber, Shoe on Fire on an Airplane, Smoking Diplomat, Smoking-in-Lavatory, Terrorism, Cigarette, Denver News

WASHINGTON — The U.S. plans to close the book on the bomb scare aboard a Denver-bound airliner after receiving assurances from Qatar that the di...

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Qatar Diplomat Released After Making Joke About Bomb On Plane

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Shoe Bomb, Federal Air Marshal Service, Terrorism, Air Marshal, Denver, Smoking in Lavatory, Qatar, Denver News

WASHINGTON — A spokeswoman representing the Qatar embassy says the diplomat who prompted an airplane bomb scare has been released by authorities...

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Qatari Diplomat Who Sparked Airplane Bomb Scare Likely Sent Home

AP | MATTHEW LEE and P. SOLOMON BANDA | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Shoe Bomber, Shoe Bomb, Air Marshals, Qatari Diplomat, Smoking-in-Lavatory, Terrorism, Smoking Diplomat, Dope-Lomat, Federal Air Marshal Service, Bomb Scare, Qatar, Bomb Scare Denver, Shoe on Fire on an Airplane, Diplomat and Airplane, Mohammed Al-Madadi, Denver News

WASHINGTON — A Qatari diplomat was on his way to an official visit with an imprisoned al-Qaida sleeper agent when he touched off a bomb scare by...

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Government Whistleblower Protection: the Long Ignored Way to Better Connect the Dots

Coleen Rowley | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: FAA Red Team, National Director of Intelligence, Faa, Cia, Underpants Bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Dan Ellsberg, Whistleblower Protection Act, Times Square Bomb, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, Daniel Ellsberg, Faisal Shahzad Times Square Bomber, Whistleblowers, National Whistleblower Assembly, Government Accountability Project, S 372, Dennis Blair, Federal Air Marshal Service, Fbi, Faisal Shahzad, Frank Serpico, Politics News
Coleen Rowley

The current Whistleblower Protection Act is a fraud that, ironically, is the primary reason would-be whistleblowers remain silent observers. Politicians need to stop stalling the restoration of a credible WPA. Delays could be deadly for Americans.

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This Agency Needs an Exorcism

Matthew Harwood | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Corruption, National Security, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Sexism, Homophobia, Discrimination, Federal Air Marshal Service, Transportation Security Administration, Politics News
Matthew Harwood

The recent revelations that employees of the Federal Air Marshal Service accuse supervisors of widespread corruption and mismanagement is nothing new. It's an old story made new by the botched terrorism attack of Christmas Day.

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DHS Asked to Investigate Air Marshal Discrimination Allegations

ProPublica | Posted 02.03.2010 | Politics
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By Michael Grabell, ProPublica The chairman of the House oversight committee has asked the Department of Homeland Security for an independent investi...

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