New government agency

[ANNE V. GILBERT]

James:

> The following message from our at-work e-mail system is probably a hoax,
but
> some list members might be amused:
>
> Almost 150 years ago, President Lincoln found it necessary to hire a
private
> investigator, Mr. Alan Pinkerton. He was actually the beginning of the
> Secret Service.
>
> Since that time federal police authority has grown to a large number of
> agencies - FBI, CIA, INS, IRS, DEA, BATF, SS, ATF, etc.
>
> Now Congress is considering a proposal for another agency:  the "Federal
Air
> Transportation Airport Security Service."
>
> Can't you see it now, the new service in their black outfits with their
> initials in large white letters across their backs:
> FATASS

Oh nooooooooo. . . .  . . .!!!!!
Anne G