Not too long ago someone inside the TSA talked to CNN and leaked the fact there are almost zero air marshalls on flights these days. Security through obscurity illusion I guess.
So, what did they do?
Did they put more air marshalls in service? Not sure.
Did they say, “our bad, we’ll get right on it”. Nope.
They decided to launch an internal hunt for the leak whistle blower.
From CNN:
The Transportation Security Administration rejected as a “myth” CNN’s report that less than 1 percent of the nation’s daily flights carry armed federal air marshals. Now the agency is conducting an investigation into who talked to CNN and who encouraged other agents to do the same.
A spokesman for the TSA confirmed the investigation.
Spokesman Christopher White said a TSA investigator is looking into the “possible unauthorized release of sensitive and classified information to the news media by covered parties.”
A rational response. Sigh. The TSA refutes the story but, they don’t offer anything to back their version. Rather they claim it as classified information. The marshal in question has asked for anonymity due to fear of reprisals from the TSA. Yeah, the internal investigation won’t validate his position at all will it? (yes, that’s sarcasm)
So, how does one resolve this? Does the TSA come clean? Or do we continue to suffer the pat on the head as they tell us to go play in traffic?
