By Christine Chung Little is released to the public about how, why and where federal air marshals operate. As they transit through airports and board flights, they resemble passengers just like us ...

Reporting from Washington — After the 9/11 attacks, the federal government assembled a small army of undercover air marshals to protect U.S. flights and prevent similar hijackings. The ...

Dec. 8: This post has been updated. Return to the story. Dozens of federal air marshals have been charged with crimes and hundreds more have been accused of misconduct since the government greatly ...

The Federal Air Marshal Service has existed since 1961. But, following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the service was moved under the jurisdiction of the recently-created Department ...

A rash of suicides, murder and psychosis have plagued U.S. air marshals' ranks. The U.S. Federal Air Marshal Service program has reached what critics describe as an acute crisis point marked by a ...

The head of the federal Air Marshal Service is being pressed to take action on issues directly affecting the security of its rank and file members, according to documents obtained by MSNBC.com.

Nearly three years after the government’s dramatic resurrection of the moribund Federal Air Marshal Service in the aftermath of 9/11, the agency is hitting turbulence as it struggles with what ...

Federal air marshals are tired of being left up in the air. Not only do these law enforcement officers want to do more on-the-ground police work, they also want a divorce from their organizational ...

Federal air marshals are expanding their work beyond airplanes, launching counterterror surveillance at train stations and other mass transit facilities in a three ...

Little is released to the public about how, why and where federal air marshals operate. As they transit through airports and board flights, they resemble passengers just like us — napping ...