U.S. May Cut Air Marshals Despite Warning: "The Transportation Security Administration wants to reduce funding for air marshals even as the government is warning about the possibility al-Qaida may try more suicide hijackings.
The TSA is seeking approval from Congress to cut $104 million from the air marshal program to help offset a $900 million budget shortfall. It's unclear how many of the estimated several thousand air marshal jobs would be affected.
'When we are faced with more priorities than we have funding to support, we have to go through a process of trying to address the most urgent needs,' TSA spokesman Robert Johnson said. "

This is completely outrageous... get the subtext:

"What's wrong with you Americans. Get your priorities straight. We have enought money to pay for $2 Trillion in tax cuts, mostly for the richest, because they are the only ones who deserve it. The rest of you don't deserve security. Your role is to pay the debt that we'll take on to pay for the tax cuts, and the wars we are fighting to protect the wealth of the wealthy. Get over it! Geeez. We're too busy ruling the country to have you people interfering."
- posted by geoff @ #