US air marshals prepared to ‘mutiny’ against Biden plan to leave 99% flights unguarded

今日の英語の習慣化の題材は...

Air Marshal (航空保安官)のニュース.. 日本ではお目にかかれない単語ですね。米国では、航空機に警官が搭乗しているんですよ. もちろん私服。だれがMarshalsかは分かりません！

Bidenの航空機の警備をないがしろにする反乱が起こることに準備すると言うニュース。

堅苦しそうですが、読者への新鮮な世界です。

Dozens of U.S. Air Marshals are prepared to defy the Biden administration’s latest border security plan, which entails leaving about 99 percent of commercial flights unprotected to instead back up overwhelmed U.S. Border Patrol agents. A career air marshal said plans to defy the Biden administration’s orders are approaching a “mutiny” by federal agents.

The Washington Examiner reported that in mid-2021 the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) asked for volunteers from its Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS) office to leave their regular duties guarding flights and instead provide backup for the U.S. Border Patrol. Reuters reported that in October, fewer than 150 air marshals volunteered for a border rotation and that the DHS shifted from requesting volunteers to assigning them to the border.