re: #15 justaminute

On MSNBC they broke in to programming with a report that on a United Flight to Vegas that an Air Marshall had to take down a passenger that had dwelt to long in the bathroom. Suspected bomber.

From Harper’s Index this month:
Average number of arrests made each year since 2001 by all 4,000 Federal Air Marshalls combined: 4
Federal spending this represents per arrest: $200,000,000

200 million dollars per arrest. That’s not much money…