109TH CONGRESS " COMMITTEE PRINT ! 2d Session Serial No. 5

PLANE CLOTHES: LACK OF ANONYMITY AT THE FEDERAL 

AIR MARSHAL SERVICE COMPROMISES AVIATION AND 

NATIONAL SECURITY

INVESTIGATIVE REPORT BY THE

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

MAY 25, 2006. 

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

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Executive Summary ................................................................................................. 3

History of the Federal Air Marshal Service .......................................................... 3

Committee Investigation ......................................................................................... 5

May 13, 2004 FAMS Briefing to Committee Staff ............................................ 6

Committee Staff Interviews of Rank-and-File Air Marshals ............................ 6

Resulting September 28, 2004 Oversight Letter ............................................... 7

FAMS October 20, 2004 Response Letter .......................................................... 8

Discrepancies Between FAMS Response Letter and Subsequent Evidence 

Discovered by the Committee .......................................................................... 9

Committee Findings ............................................................................................. 11

FAMS Policies and Procedures ............................................................................... 12

Security Checkpoint and Boarding ..................................................................... 13

Grooming and Dress Standards .......................................................................... 15

Hotel Policy ........................................................................................................... 17

Free Speech and Disciplinary Issues .................................................................. 20

Media Interaction ................................................................................................. 23

Findings and Recommendations ............................................................................. 24

Committee Requests ................................................................................................ 27

Conclusion ................................................................................................................ 28

Appendices

Appendix 1—Letter from Hons. F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., and John 

Conyers, Jr., to Thomas D. Quinn (September 28, 2004) .............................. 29

Appendix 2—Letter from Thomas D. Quinn to Hons. F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., and John Conyers, Jr. (October 20, 2004) ................................ 37

Appendix 3—E-mail with attachment from Ernest ‘‘Don’’ Strange, Jr., to 

John A. Novak (July 7, 2003) .......................................................................... 68

Appendix 4—E-mail from Tim Cahill to Jason Cervenak (November 22, 

2004) .................................................................................................................. 71

Appendix 5—Letter from William M. Meares, IV, to Thomas D. Quinn 

(September 3, 2002) .......................................................................................... 73

Appendix 6—Meares’ Mission Reports ............................................................... 75

Appendix 7—Letter from Frank Terreri to Thomas D. Quinn (October 28, 

2003) .................................................................................................................. 87

Appendix 8—Letter from Frank Terreri to Thomas D. Quinn (January 

6, 2004) .............................................................................................................. 92

Appendix 9—Various documents suggesting FAM policy changes .................. 95

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Appendix 10—Federal Air Marshal Daily (June 27, 2002 and August 29, 

2002) .................................................................................................................. 117

Appendix 11—The Eighteen Eleven (July 2005) ................................................ 120

Appendix 12—Sheraton Document announcing FAMS as ‘‘Company of the 

Month’’ July 2005 ............................................................................................. 122

Appendix 13—Letter and attachments from Gloria Marshall to Frank 

Terreri (October 5, 2005) ................................................................................. 125

Appendix 14—Don Strange FY 2004 Performance Appraisal .......................... 141

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