I'm speechless.
Memo Warns Of New Plots To Hijack Jets (washingtonpost.com): "Terrorists operating in teams of five may be plotting suicide missions to hijack commercial airliners on the East Coast, Europe or Australia this summer, possibly using 'common items carried by travelers, such as cameras, modified as weapons,' according to an urgent memo sent last weekend to all U.S. airlines and airport security managers."
...later, same article...
The threat comes just as the federal government has started to trim the nation's new airport security agency, by cutting the number of security screeners and other resources. Just one day before the memo was distributed, an official with the undercover Federal Air Marshal Service canceled what are considered some of the most vulnerable flight missions because they required marshals to spend nights in hotels, as well as cut training for Washington-area agents next month. The official cited "monetary considerations," according to an e-mail obtained by The Washington Post.