| | CNN.com - Armed Mounties fly undercover on Canadian airlines - Dec. 29, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | While some airline groups object to a new U.S. demand that foreign carriers place armed marshals on certain flights to and from the United States, undercover police from neighboring Canada have been blending in with air travelers for more than two years. |
 | | Current Canadian measures are part of a multibillion-dollar program to improve aviation security in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States by hijacked airliners, which killed about 3,000 people at the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington. |
 | | Canadian authorities say their security measures remain linked to steps being taken in the United States. |
| www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/americas/12/29/security.aviation.canada.reut/index.html (590 words) |