This is what I vaguely recall -- I didn't write about it myself. I recall
it was a GAO investigation that the Post wrote about. --Declan
At 08:27 AM 9/13/01 -0700, Steve Schear wrote:
>At 10:01 AM 9/13/2001 -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>>On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 10:28:24PM -0700, Steve Schear wrote:
>> > But they are. On U.S. domestic flights they have merely to present
>> > themselves and acceptable credentials (which BTW the airline personnel are
>> > poorly trained to authenticate) and state in a form that they are
>> traveling
>> > for LE purposes. There are other formalities that are followed, but
>> > overall they are not restricted from carrying.
>>
>>I believe after a Washington Post expose a few months ago (or perhaps
>>it was just concidental) this rule was changed.
>
>I was not aware. Thanks for the info.
>
>steve
