He was prepared to cooperate and provide the relevant telephone numbers and information about supervisors and any individual who American Airlines wanted or the pilot wanted to confirm that he was a Secret Service agent. |
Pure and simple, this is a case of discrimination. This wouldn't have happened if he wasn't of Arab descent. |
The stain of racial discrimination seems to have found its way onto the White House grounds. Nothing has been done, the (Secret) Service has buried its head in the sand, has refused to talk, has denied the existence of any discrimination. |
We have a situation where we have the most highly qualified, the best trained of federal law enforcement agents, they are willing to take a bullet for the president, they are prepared to take a bullet for the vice president ... (but) they cannot get a simple promotion to a position that they deserve. |
What we're saying is, pay back these men who are prepared to take a bullet for you. The least you could do, if they're willing to put their life on the line, is get involved, fix this problem. |