Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

November 17, 2008

Every day, American commercial flights are menaced by the presence of armed men with criminal records and latent sociopathic tendencies. They?re not terrorists, but rather federal Air Marshals deployed on flights by the Transportation Security Administration.

A report recently compiled by the Pro Publica public interest media group concludes that ?Dozens of federal air marshals have been charged with crimes and hundreds more have been accused of misconduct since the government greatly expanded their numbers following the 9/11 attacks.?

The report focuses on thirty-two of the most egregious examples, which run the gamut from drunk driving to child molestation, kidnapping, and attempted contract murder.

Additionally, an Inspector General?s report from 2004 documented more than 750 cases of non-criminal misconduct by air marshals, ranging from sleeping on duty to failing drug tests.

Once again we must ask: Who is going to protect us from our supposed protectors?

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.