Air Marshals to Expand Presence; Teams Are Set to Begin Surveillance On Land As Part of a Test Program

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) › December 15, 2005

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Critics of a plan to send undercover air marshals to patrol trains, buses and ferries say it will take scarce resources away from airplanes and could get in the way of local police.

The Transportation Security Administration, in a little-noticed announcement on Tuesday, said teams of air marshals would begin counterterror surveillance on land as part of a small test program that also involves bomb-sniffing dogs and transit inspectors.

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Air Marshals to Expand Presence; Teams Are Set to Begin Surveillance On Land As Part of a Test Program

Beginning Wednesday, the teams were going out for three days at...

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