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Story summary
- FBI-directed air marshals monitored former Rep. Eric Swalwell on a flight from Frankfurt to Washington, D.C.
- The FBI instructed marshals to watch Swalwell’s devices and view his passcodes.
- The request was labeled “Special Mission Coverage,” an ad hoc non-watch-list category.
- Agents seized his phone and laptop at San Francisco International Airport with a warrant.
- Officials said using air-marshal surveillance for the sexual-assault probe is highly unusual.
