Former and current air marshals say the number of marshals assigned to police flights is so low that the federal agency overseeing them has drastically lowered its firearms and psychological testing standards just so it can qualify new hires. “Their mission is to protect airline passengers from acts of terror on U.S. flights,” one former marshal says. The agency overseeing marshals says it has lowered its firearm and psychological tests standards just to qualify new recruits for the marshals to be trained. The tests are part of a special investigation by IDG.com.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2122631/secinfowatch–tsa-training-program-struggling-.html