While the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are stationed at 737 bases, in 130 nations around the world, defending “all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world,” the Transportation Security Administration begins the “Quiet Skies” program, by which Federal air marshals will observe airline passengers (a legal term for “persons” who have paid for commercial transit) who exhibit suspicious behaviors such as “fidgeting, staring, and even sleeping on the plane.”

       [added 3/30/2023] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.