I think he needed to find another avenue (like congress, for example) rather than the media. It looked like he only tried his supervisor and the IG before going to the media-- that seems like minimal effort at best.
He took it to two levels above him before he went public. How many attempts are more than "minimal"?
Originally Posted by
Loren Pechtel
Even if it wasn't specifically classified it's obviously information that should have been kept secret.
Why hasn't the TSA fired whoever sent "SSI" over improper channels? That person (or group) certainly should have known better.
Given the gov't's, especially DHS' penchant for labeling too many things as "SSI" or secret, a reasonable person could reasonably assume that they are free to reveal anything that's not labeled as "SSI", etc.
Additionally, reliance on the secrecy of facts that are known to thousands of people, are repeated over and over (e.g. no overnight stays, not "flight 125 tomorrow), and that can be observed in public is foolish. If you do rely on such secrecy, then for heaven's sake, treat those facts as secret; don't treat them like the TSA did.