Posted on 12/08/2009 4:34:24 PM PST by SJackson
CBS) It was a security breach and a big embarrassment for the Transportation Security Administration. A secret manual that tells airport screeners around the country how to do their jobs somehow wound up on line for all the world to see.
It detailed who should be screened, how often bags are checked for explosives, how to deal with CIA agents traveling with high-value intelligence assets - even provided images of various special identification cards, as CBS News correspondent Bob Orr reports.
The breach reveals some of the government's most sensitive aviation security secrets. A 93-page manual prepared for federal airport screeners shows samples of law enforcement and official credentials - federal air marshals, CIA officers, and members of Congress - IDs which criminals or terrorists could copy.
The document also reveals that travelers from a dozen countries including Cuba, North Korea, Somalia and Yemen are always subjected to extra screening.
The Transportation Security Administration says the security playbook, prepared in May 2008, is out of date and sensitive methods have been updated six times since then, adding in a statement that "TSA is confident that screening procedures currently in place remain strong."
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Per USA Today which can't be posted here. This is stupidity, not a leak.
The Transportation Security Administration, which oversees airport security, said the document is outdated. It was posted in March by TSA on the Federal Business Opportunity site. The posting was improper because sensitive information was not properly protected, TSA spokeswoman Kristin Lee said.As a result, some websites, using widely available software, were able to uncover the original text of sections that had been blacked out for security reasons. On Sunday, the Wandering Aramean blog pointed out the document in a posting titled "The TSA makes another stupid move."
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TSA Screening Manual (zip file) from Cryptome website
From WikiLeaks (PDF file on web page)
Let me save everyone the trouble.
It tells everyone to stop every third Caucasin grandma and grandpa and to pat down every 300th muslim looking guy. Unless they are nervous looking.
Obummer! How do these leaks keep happening! Everything is an open book for the Messiah.
Let me save everyone the trouble.
Well..., check out post #5 and see if your summary is right... :-)
Sorry, I’m on a very shaky connection right now, I can barely post.
I’m guessing what you have will confirm what I speculated. Grin.
The Reign Of The Buffoons
Well, at least this means they're not quite as stupid as we thought they were.
Anyone think this recent TSA screw up might have facilitated the Christmas terrorist attack?!
This was a “systemic failure.”
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