Posted on 12/08/2009 3:37:16 PM PST by RDTF
In a massive security breach, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) inadvertently posted online its airport screening procedures manual, including some of the most closely guarded secrets regarding special rules for diplomats and CIA and law enforcement officers.
In a massive security breach, the Transportation Security Agency (TSA) inadvertently posted online its entire airport screening procedures manual, including some of the most closely guarded secrets regarding special rules for diplomats and CIA and law enforcement officers. The most sensitive parts of the 93-page Standard Operating Procedures were apparently redacted in a way that computer savvy individuals easily overcame.
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In stark contrast to all other federal jobs..."
SENSITIVE SECURITY INFORMATION
WARNING: THIS RECORD CONTAINS SENSITIVE SECURITY INFORMATION THAT IS CONTROLLED UNDER 49 CFR PARTS 15 AND 1520.
NO PART OF THIS RECORD MAY BE DISCLOSED TO PERSONS WITHOUT A NEED TO KNOW, AS DEFINED IN 49 CFR PARTS 15 AND
1520, EXCEPT WITH THE WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION OR
THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION. UNAUTHORIZED RELEASE MAY RESULT IN CIVIL PENALTIES OR OTHER ACTION. FOR
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, PUBLIC DISCLOSURE GOVERNED BY 5 U.S.C. 552 AND 49 CFR PARTS 15 AND 1520.
Why thank you very much. You are a scholar and a gentleman.
Don’t worry, they’ll do better with your health care.
4.1. DIPLOMATIC POUCHES
A. Diplomatic pouches are exempt from any form of screening. A diplomatic pouch can be a bag, pouch, or
container holding diplomatic correspondence, documents, or articles. Although an individual
transporting a diplomatic pouch may have diplomatic immunity, that individual and his or her nondiplomatic
accessible property and checked baggage must undergo screening and all alarms must be
resolved.
B. The diplomatic pouch must have visible external markings in English that state Diplomatic Pouch or
Diplomatic Bag. The pouch must bear an official seal of the sending government or international
organization. For example, a seal could be a lead seal attached to a tie that closes the pouch, a printed
seal on the fabric of the pouch, or an ink seal impressed on a detachable tag. The pouch must be
addressed to an office of the government or international organization whose seal the pouch bears. For
unaccompanied pouches tendered as checked baggage, a detachable certificate will be affixed to the
outside of the pouch that describes the pouch and certifies the contents as diplomatic materials. The
Department of State (DOS) encourages diplomatic couriers to notify the aircraft operator that they are
carrying a diplomatic pouch.
C. When a diplomatic pouch is presented by a diplomatic courier to TSA at a screening checkpoint or
screening location, the STSO must check that the diplomatic courier is carrying an official or diplomatic
passport and a courier document or letter on their person for identification. A courier letter must be on
appropriate letterhead stationary and must bear a seal of the sending state, embassy, consulate, or
international organization. The courier letter must be signed by the relevant Ambassador or Chief of
Mission serving in the United States. The courier document must clearly identify the bearer and his or
her status as a diplomatic courier and must contain information sufficient to identify the pouch(es), to
include the number of pouches being escorted.
Color me shocked the gubermint is irresponsible with our security.
Why thank you very much. You are a scholar and a gentleman.
Thanks... I figure "Why should the terrorists be the only ones who know? We Americans should know, too." :-)
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Posted on 12/08/2009 3:43:32 PM PST by 2nd amendment mama
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It just goes to show you that a whole bunch of words like that are worth nothing, once it gets on the Internet... :-)
>>Thats 40,000 federal employees, the TSA.<<
Actually. . . .
“Thats 40,000 democrat federal employees, the TSA.”
Fixed it. . .
;-)
OK, I'm going to say a prayer that someone, ASAP, works out a 100% solution to the fact that it is now ridiculously easy for someone to get a bomb on board a plane based on the above information, before said event actually happens. Egads.
What confidence
Deliberate.
Predictable.
Not the last time.
So all the terrorist have to do now is figure out how to, with their newfound security info, smuggle a small nuke aboard a jetliner...wait until it lands and set it off...probably in multiple cities around the country. And our illustrious government has laid out the plans for them. How nice of the Zero administration to be so helpful...
to America’s enemies.
So now it's only 39,999?
That's progress, although it will take a few years.
Bump!
TSA policy is to single out elderly people with medical problems. That is the demographic of who I see receiving the “special scrutiny” Granny in her wheelchair and Uncle Chrlie with his replacement hip... Watching these poor people trying to get their shoes back on and bags repacked is a sad commentary on American compassion for our elderly
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