Gunboat Escorts on Puget Sound

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So, how does the undercover agent protect the ferry?

Maybe there were undercover agents in the federal building in Oklahoma City.

We are comfortable in our belief that we can plan on some sort of shootout between the good guys and the bad guys.

We spend lots of money on all this. Good guys and bad guys can see the weak links.

There Are Usualy Under Cover Agents and/or Police Officers/Sheriffs' Deputys on those types of Ferries. So remember just because you dont recognize them dosent mean they aren't there. There are always people looking out for bad guys on as well as off the Ferries.

Bangor is in the general area- still, a bad guy can drive on the ferry sometimes without having his car/truck/van sniffed by a dog- the bad guy can walk on always without being sniffed.

How does the Coast Guard stop the bad guy who is already on the ferry?

If they wanted to keep the ferry from being taken over- they might run the wheelhouse more like an armored car, but that does not seem to be the case.

I've never been to Washington. How close is Puget sound to Bangor? Could those boats be more in regards to keeping the ferry from bieng taken over while a Trident submarine is transitting the sound.

The searches are revenue generators. The boats are to protect the coastline, not the ferries. If the ferry goes down, the main concern is blockage of the waterway, not necessarily the safety of those on board. Just a small difference such as in the air between SAC and TAC. Nothing personal to the citizens, logic of guard can't always be humanitarian nor kind.

Won't hear much about it because it makes sense........... well at least to people with common sense. Scare tactics IMO.