TSA Hands Al-Qaeda Its Playbook
Terrorists were surely rejoicing when the Transportation Security Administration posted one of its most sensitive documents online.
December 10, 2009 - 12:12 am
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- Orthopedic shoes, wheelchairs, casts, prosthetics, and footwear of disabled individuals that cannot be removed are exempt from screening, as are bandage dressings.
- Pilots in uniform are exempt from screening. Even if they look drunk, the TSA must not screen them, but instead should contact the FAA.
- Diplomatic pouches are exempt from screening; the SOP describes in detail what one looks like, including exactly where the diplomatic seal should be.
- There’s only a “20%” chance that a bag packed with explosives will be opened for a test.
- People from Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Libya, Syria, Sudan, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Somalia, Iraq, Yemen, or Algeria will be given extra screening — but not individuals from Pakistan, where the majority of terrorists attacks presently occur.
- Exit lanes are not monitored by TSA-certified officers, but instead are monitored by uncertified civilians who are allowed to sit while on duty.
- Certain procedures for verifying identification documents aren’t used on all travelers during peak travel periods.
In case this doesn’t provide the terrorists with necessary holes to get past airport security, the SOP revealed another troubling detail. Videotaping security checkpoints is not prohibited. If al-Qaeda didn’t already get what it needed, it can send its foot soldiers into airports to photograph airport security procedures for future use.
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TSA = Terrorist Subjugating Americans
Golly-gee, Janet – is this a man-caused disaster? This frumpy, feckless, floundering, fool is a tremendous encouragement to our enemies. Resign NOW.
Janet N. was the governor of my state, and we were glad to get rid of her. It is not unexpected that her incompetent leadership has lead to this. Our country is in the best of hands.
Americans need to face facts. The fact of the matter is that such monumental stupidity is usually NOT as mindless as it initially appears.
In the same manner in which ClimateGate did not magically appear online, so too didn’t these highly sensitive TSA documents. SOMEONE within the agency wanted them out.
If it smells like treason it IS treason, albeit deep within the underbelly of Washington’s bureaucracy.
The terrorists already use our freedoms against us. It’s hard to fathom the gross incompetence that allowed this information to be made public. Heads should roll at the TSA for this.
Can’t wait to hear how the trolls will deflect and/or defend this…..nowandwhenever, mofo, peaceguy, where are you???
I am continually dumbfounded by the level of stupidity displayed by our government and I am not just referring to the current regime. I find it increasingly impossible to believe that this type of occurence is “accidental”. Either the United States employs numerous saboteurs or Darwin’s theory is playing out on a national scale. Either way, it is time to get right with God and lock & load.
What a bunch of boobs. Idiots. How many people work — I mean are present — in the TSA bureaucracy? How many millions do the taxpayers waste for this incompetence? What do TSA employees do, beside leak their most sensitive document, inconvenience Americans, sit around in their offices, drink coffee, surf the internet, and complain? Unbelievable.
Much of the discussion of this incident centers around the attempt to redact some of the text using an easily removed screen in PDF. But a more important question is why any part of the document was posted online. The whole thing is page marked, top and bottom of every page, with SENSITIVE SECURITY INFORMATION
It was posted by “accident”? There are NO accidents.
This is one of the few outrages of this administration that probably wasn’t deliberate. The dead hand of bureaucracies do this sort of thing all the time. But wait till they start scheduling doctor’s appointments for you and removing growths.
Want your own copy? It is on The Pirate Bay this very minute. Looks like a very popular download.
7. Jim Rockford:
What do TSA employees do, beside leak their most sensitive document, inconvenience Americans, sit around in their offices, drink coffee, surf the internet, and complain?
I suspect that you are describing the higher-ranking bureaucrats in the agency. The ones in the airports seem to be doing their jobs, and will probably be the ones to take the eggs and tomatoes for Janet Napolitano.
The TSA blog is certainly on damage control duty!
i don’t see much harm in what was accidentally let out actually. most of this info could be had by simple observation and doesn’t really have much to do with the unmentioned other very real holes and cracks in security.
Before these scum attacked America on 9/11, we were able to reasonably enjoy air travel. Now people who look like terrorists sail through the TSA line, while grandmothers are subjected to body searches and all manner of abuse. We can do this a lot better. Now that the terrorists have our TSA procedures, lets change them to be more effective and less onerous to our citizens.
Janet Napolitano, ~I do not like her, so there is little she can do to rectify anything in my eyes.
She is the real “accident” and Obama is the “accident” maker.
Okay you’re right…there are no accidents
Please wake me when the Obamanation appointee nightmare is over.. that is if we are not all dead or wearing burka things and robes or in concentration camps.
***Narrow minded me.
Is this the transparency that the Obamesssiah promised?