During an interview this evening on NBC, Tom Brokaw asked Donald Rumsfeld (Sec. of Defense) whether the US Military would be willing to provide security personnel on commercial jets. He responded that US Military personnel are trained for war, not to be security or police, and would not be deployed as security for commercial airlines. -rb
From: "Deepak Jain" <deepak@ai.net> Subject: RE: Analysis from a JHU CS Prof Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 16:53:14 -0400
I'm inclined to agree. Especially if the Marine is specifically trained for air-terrorism scenarios, but I can't imagine that is the solution we as a country will adopt.
Deepak
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That's what the National Guard and FBI are for. FBI has plenty of scary military-types to do exactly the same function as a military-scary-type. Deepak -----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of Ron Buchalski Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 3:35 AM To: deepak@ai.net; nanog@Overkill.EnterZone.Net Cc: doshea@telentente.com; toasty@temphost.dragondata.com; DaveHowe@gmx.co.uk; nanog@nanog.org Subject: RE: Analysis from a JHU CS Prof During an interview this evening on NBC, Tom Brokaw asked Donald Rumsfeld (Sec. of Defense) whether the US Military would be willing to provide security personnel on commercial jets. He responded that US Military personnel are trained for war, not to be security or police, and would not be deployed as security for commercial airlines. -rb
From: "Deepak Jain" <deepak@ai.net> Subject: RE: Analysis from a JHU CS Prof Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 16:53:14 -0400
I'm inclined to agree. Especially if the Marine is specifically trained for air-terrorism scenarios, but I can't imagine that is the solution we as a country will adopt.
Deepak
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On Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 04:05:53AM -0400, Deepak Jain wrote: [ In regards to military/security on board aircraft ]
That's what the National Guard and FBI are for. FBI has plenty of scary military-types to do exactly the same function as a military-scary-type.
Actually, it's what Air Marshalls are for. Part of the US Marshall service, under the DOJ. And, at least as reported by DIA this morning, they will now be on all domestic flights (they were already present on most or all non- domestic flights of US carriers). And yes, they are trained as police, and trained specifically in plane-bound scenarios. -- *************************************************************************** Joel Baker System Administrator - lightbearer.com lucifer@lightbearer.com http://www.lightbearer.com/~lucifer
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