A guard of Arab descent from President Bush’s security detail, rerouted onto a commercial flight, is kicked off the American Airlines flight because nobody would believe he was in the Secret Service, despite his credentials.
Once seated, he was confronted by airline security personnel, the Secret Service said, and was asked to exit the plane and submit to additional security checks.
After a delay of an hour and 15 minutes, during which the [armed] agent was questioned by the flight’s pilot, airline officials and airport police, the agent was ordered removed from the flight even though he had offered to have the Secret Service confirm his identity.
I wonder if this will have any impact on the President’s Homeland Security plans, or provoke a call to his Secretary of Transportation.
(Via Boing Boing)