TSA Puts Secret Security Manual On-line

The government some want to give complete control over your health care (and medical records) has made a minor faux pas:

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.

The most sensitive parts of the 93-page Standard Operating Procedures manual were apparently redacted in a way that computer savvy individuals easily overcame.

TSA...isn't security their middle name???

"This is an appalling and astounding breach of security that terrorists could easily exploit," said Clark Kent Ervin, the former inspector general at the Department of Homeland Security. "The TSA should immediately convene an internal investigation and discipline those responsible."

"This shocking breach undercuts the public's confidence in the security procedures at our airports," said Senator Susan Collins, R-Me., ranking Republican member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. "On the day before the Senate Homeland Security Committee's hearing on terrorist travel, it is alarming to learn that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) inadvertently posted its own security manual on the Internet."

"Massive", "appalling", "astounding", "shocking", "alarming"... I don't think I've ever seen that many loaded words in one news story before! It's hard to say what the impact of this boneheaded security breach will be, but I'll tell you one thing:

On the bright side, the free colonoscopy you'll get before your next flight will help lower health care costs!

H/T Legal Insurrection
Cross posted at Say Anything