An airport report

Couple news blurbs I stumbled across that could be of some interest.

* "A Chicago-bound flight from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport was evacuated Saturday after" a "Middle Eastern man abruptly got off the plane," AP reports. The plane and "airport concourse were evacuated, and all passengers were rescreened," and the passenger, who "couldn't be questioned immediately because he didn't speak English," was "turned over to the FBI, questioned and released several hours later."

* "Federal air marshals protect less than 5 percent of daily U.S. flights, and the numbers are declining, despite assurances by the federal government that most planes would be protected," the Washington Times reports.