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Marshals were flying while sleep deficient. that study found that lack of sleep puts them at greater incidents of serious errors. critics question if air marshals are even necessary. last year, the department of homeland security inspector general slammed the air marshal service and said its contribution to aviation transportation security is questionable. ohio state professor john mueller, who studies the efficiencies of security measures, says the nearly $1 billion agency is almost worthless. >> federal air marshals don't pass muster in terms of cost/benefit analysis. they deliver five or te...

>> henry who spent ten years in the service said he observed a decline in training that could contribute to mistakes. >> they need additional training. >> oddly, three of the apparent mishaps happened during firearms training. they exploded and one staff member was struck in the face by flying debris. problems are nothing new to the air marshall service. as cnn has reported, agents have continually complained about low morale, low staffing, grueling hours. a sleep study shows 75% of domestic air marshalls were flying while sleep deficient. that lack of sleep puts them at greater incidents of s...

Business. and you gotta do it very quickly and efficiently. >> henry preston, who spent ten years in the service, says he observed a decline in weapons training and practice year by year. inconsistencies he said, that could contribute to mistakes. >> they need additional training. no doubt about it. >> oddly, three of the apparent mishaps occurred during firearms training. in one case, an instructor allegedly threw training bullets into an open flame. they exploded, and one staff member was struck in the face by flying debris. problems are nothing new to the controversial air marshal service. ...

Marshals were flying while sleep deficient. that study found that lack of sleep puts them at greater incidents of serious errors. critics question if air marshals are even necessary. last year, the department of homeland security inspector general slammed the air marshal service and said its contribution to aviation transportation security is questionable. ohio state professor john mueller, who studies the efficiencies of security measures, says the nearly $1 billion agency is almost worthless. >> federal air marshals don't pass muster in terms of cost/benefit analysis. they deliver five or te...

For someone to document as well as harvard did in their study. >> reporter: this is that study. it's from 2012. tsa commissioned it, got the results, and had it classified as sensitive security information. cnn obtained a copy of the report and the results are disturbing. 75% of air marshals flying on domestic missions were sleep deficient. on international runs, the figure rose to more than 84%. in a job where it's critical to be alert and accurate, the study finds the acute and chronic lack of sleep degrades a federal air marshal's ability to react and think quickly. the study conducted by t...