This is not a very good article. What does "go to the border" even mean? If it means "act as border control" they are right to refuse, as it's not their job.
It plays with numbers in a sketchy way, as well. "5,000 incidents" out of how many flights? 148 arrested out of how many employed? "Between 2002 and 2012" but what about since then? "$200 million per arrest" but "deterrent effect is unknown".
That's really it for data. The rest are anecdotes. The "not trained" link was to a NY Post interview with a former air marshal expressing an opinion.
Maybe there is a serious problem with the program, but this article does not do much more than try to get its readers upset.
It plays with numbers in a sketchy way, as well. "5,000 incidents" out of how many flights? 148 arrested out of how many employed? "Between 2002 and 2012" but what about since then? "$200 million per arrest" but "deterrent effect is unknown".
That's really it for data. The rest are anecdotes. The "not trained" link was to a NY Post interview with a former air marshal expressing an opinion.
Maybe there is a serious problem with the program, but this article does not do much more than try to get its readers upset.