Agent's actions worried pilot

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) | Date: January 4, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

AMERICA AT WAR

SECRET SERVICE

Agent's actions worried pilot, airline says

Lawyers argue man's identity questioned because of ethnicity

By CONNIE CASS

Associated Press

Friday, January 4, 2002

Washington -- An American Airlines pilot refused to fly an armed Secret Service agent partly because the Arab-American agent became loud and abusive after his identity was questioned, the airline said Thursday.

But a lawyer representing the member of President Bush's security detail said the agent had "acted in a cool and professional manner throughout" an hour and 15 minutes of insisting that his badge ...

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