Usual Suspects Oppose TSA Pocketknife Shift

They might give us such a pinch, say air marshals

Groups representing federal air marshals and flight attendants—outraged over the Transportation Security Administration's decision to allow small pocketknives back into aircraft cabins—say they will ask the TSA to reconsider the policy.

Both groups say they learned about the policy change Tuesday, and charged that the TSA is forgetting about the terrorist attacks that led to the formation of the agency.

"It's as if we didn't learn anything from 9/11," said George Randall Taylor, head of the air marshal unit of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA). "Flight attendants are going to be sitting ducks."