[wordup] Charles Platt on FAA chief quitting

[Adam Shand]

aka.  no, *really* it's safe ...

Via: politech at politechbot.com
From: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20011011/us/attacks_faa_security_3.html

Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 17:11:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: Charles Platt <cp at panix.com>
To: Matthew Gaylor <freematt at coil.com>, Declan McCullagh <declan at well.com>
Subject: A really nauseating news item

Allegedly, federal officials took special steps to protect their own
safety when they were demonstrating to the rest of us that it's okay to
travel on airplanes. From today's AP news bulletin:

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Source: FAA Chief Quits in Protest

The Associated Press
Thursday, October 11, 2001; 4:28 PM

WASHINGTON The head of security for the Federal Aviation Administration
decided to quit after he was told to reassign air marshals to commercial
flights carrying members of President Bush's Cabinet, a source with
knowledge of the resignation said Thursday.

Michael A. Canavan, named associate administrator for FAA's office of
civil aviation security last December, said the marshals had been assigned
to other flights that he felt could be more at risk of a hijacking,
according to the source, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Bush administration officials had wanted marshals on the planes carrying
Cabinet members, who took commercial flights to demonstrate that air
travel was safe and thereby encourage Americans to return to the skies.

[...]

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