They do background checks before they issue guns don't they?
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/national_world&id=9292055

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (KABC) -- A federal air marshal has been arrested and accused of taking cellphone photographs underneath women's skirts as they boarded a plane at Nashville International Airport.

Or is this a new secret security screening protocol to prevent underwear bombs?

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Oh, I hate underwear bombs!

I'm sure they do, but i'm also sure 'Do you like taking pictures up women's skirts?' wasn't one of the questions.

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Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge.

Maybe he was looking for a cherry bomb......

If he is sacked as a marshal he can always get a job with the TSA, then he can grope them instead....

Talk about <expletive deleted> hypocrisy !

[hysterical laughter]From the link "'TSA does not tolerate criminal behavior,' Pascarella said." [/hysterical laughter]

Just where is the line drawn these days ?

T.A.

They do background checks before they issue guns don't they?
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/national_world&id=9292055

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (KABC) -- A federal air marshal has been arrested and accused of taking cellphone photographs underneath women's skirts as they boarded a plane at Nashville International Airport.

Or is this a new secret security screening protocol to prevent underwear bombs?

This stuff is happening all the time but no one asks how it works. I suggest any woman who cooperates while a camera or cellfone is being pointed is posing. But also a camera mounted on a shoe isn't quite hidden. And without a flash just what shows up on the image? Or is it the flash that gives them away?

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I guess they don't do background checks before they issue guns ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Air_Marshal_Service#Other_controversies wrote:

Another investigation was conducted by reporter Amy Davis of Houston news station KPRC into the possibility that air marshals with criminal convictions were still being employed by FAMS. The investigation discovered that 28 had been hired with pre-existing misdemeanors and that several current air marshals had been convicted of or were awaiting trial for offenses including disorderly conduct, DUI's, and sexual crimes against children. The investigation led to US Congressman Ted Poe of Houston getting involved.

On August 6, 2006, two air marshals were sentenced in the Southern District of Texas (Houston) after having been convicted of conspiring to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and bribery charges. According to a DOJ press release "Shawn Ray Nguyen, 38, and Burlie L. Sholar, 33, were sentenced to 87 months and 108 months in federal prison, respectively, by United States District Judge Kenneth Hoyt on Monday, August 28, 2006. Nguyen’s lesser sentence is a result of the court's consideration of his cooperation with the United States."

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I guess they don't do background checks before they issue guns ...

I assumed this was the usual light banter no one takes seriously.

A background check consists of looking for criminal history and verifying the answers to some specific questions of the 'have you now or have you ever' variety of current jokes.

It tries to determine drug use but does not judge alcohol use except at the top secret level. At the TS level the issue is not so much moral character but questionable judgment. If the guy gets falling down drunk, talks his head off but never about anything classified there are no concrete grounds so it becomes a matter of judgment.

There are the usual good character questions however if the neighbors and co-workers were not wearing skirts how would they know?

On top of that I remember one local case of this and unsurprisingly there was no law against it. It isn't even a civil matter as the person cannot be identified even if the photos were made public.

If it is not illegal background checkers don't give a damn except at the TS level.

does anyone really think there are any squeaky clean in every respect people in the world?

One questions the existence of a federal law against it. This guy is in trouble only because of the 'bringing the agency into disrepute' clause in all employment contracts.

If I were his attorney I would raise the full body scans and claim correctly it is less invasive than the government already does and therefore cannot constitute disrepute.

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