Originally Posted by ProvRIGuy

TK - this is excellent. Minor grammar and edits suggested in blue.

This might make a nice "letter to the editor of the NYT" or something like that as well - it'd have the potential for more visibility.

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"...that the "specific procedures for calibrating magnetometers" were released in the..."

That procedure is widely known as a simple internet search will reveal. In fact the Department of Justice has an in-depth document describing the details of that procedure. The DOJ-hosted document also includes mechanical drawings and specifications for test objects.

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...A kneejerk response to this would result in a miscarriage of justice...

...With the TSA workforce turnover rate hovering around 20%, a more likely scenario for a terrorist organization to use...

...How many times do you think the terrorist organizations, and the countries that sponsor them, have scoured U.S. Government websites for errors such as this?

Unlike the terrorists and the covert operations agents of rogue governments, the citizens that discovered this leak brought attention to the public and to Federal officials such as yourself, affording the TSA the opportunity to plug the security holes it created.