"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Criminy -- this "special agent" acted less covertly than I did when I was
looking for dead-beat dads in the inner city. I sure hope his actions
aren't representative of our national security efforts.

Nah. I think the agent was smart enough to know that he is not a threat.
But, he still had to do due diligence and that seems to be exactly what he
did. Yes, from a threat elimination point of view it was a waste of time -
but such is the nature of the job - you have to turn over many stones to
find a single scorpion.

Also, I think Michael did the right thing by not behaving like a jerk. This
agent now knows something about general aviation - that is good for us, and
also might give the agent some ideas on how to look for the really bad guys.

Pilot Bob (the best damn pilot in Iowa City, no question about it)