U.S. Marshalls Ran Taxi Service for Fox Announcers in Boston

War on terror? Threat levels? Not to worry.

The U.S. Marshalls in Boston last fall were hot on the job... driving Tim McCarver and Joe Buck around Boston during the World Series.

Federal authorities are investigating whether the head of the US Marshals Service in Boston assigned deputy marshals, normally charged with tracking fugitives and protecting judges, to ferry Fox Sports broadcasters Tim McCarver and Joe Buck between their hotel and Fenway Park during last year's World Series.

The Justice Department's office of the inspector general in Boston is looking into whether Yvonne Bonner overstepped her authority as acting US Marshal in Boston or violated any ethics rules by allegedly ordering her deputies to essentially serve as private taxi drivers, according to two law enforcement officials and other people familiar with the investigation.

Not only that, but two feds watched World Series games right in the broadcast booth with Tim and Joe, no doubt scanning the crowd inning by inning to assess the danger threat.

How did they cut through the traffic? Of course: They flashed their lights and then their badges, carrying their precious human cargo.