There are pros and cons to being escorted from an airplane by Federal Authorities. Unfortunately, there’s the self-consciousness of being singled out in front of your fellow passengers by the armed officers who board the flight as soon as your plane reaches the gate. On the other hand, you don’t have to endure the inevitable delay while people in front of you retrieve their carry-on bags from the overhead compartments. Nope, when you’re “in custody,” you’re the first one off…no waiting. In my case, the authorities were even kind enough to retrieve my carry-on for me. In my former life as a member of the media I’d reported countless stories of airline passengers who’d run afoul of heightened safety regulations these days. Usually the offender was either drunk or mentally ill. I was neither

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