Apparently few TSOs can find it in the new SOP.

I know you have to pretend that this is no big deal, but come on. This shows that the TSA can't even keep a document secure. It also shows that what the TSA deems is SSI is nothing more than a smoke and mirror set up designed to elevate the importance of the agency.

Hmmm, the Pentagon Papers this is not. I would suggest that the majority of the document is fairly current and is accurate enough for someone to use to evaluate TSOs at the airport. Quoting chapter and paragraph back at them from a printed copy would be a real hoot (sort of like when the officer in charge of document security found classified documents from his organization made into little fruit bags in Korea - he spent a lot of money buying back those bags.).

The document hit public domain and someone at DHS/TSA is in a whole lot of trouble right before Christmas. Hope they have another job lined up.

Got to resist gloating, but the smile is going to be there for at least a little while.

I wonder who from HQ was in town.

HA! You really think they're going to fire someone over this? If this was some damning report that detailed the failures of the TSA, a PR nightmare, then yes, someone's head would roll.

But this? Nah, I see someone getting some remedial training over this.

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Sort of like the uniforms third world dictators wear with all of the medals and awards on them?

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Drop a copy of this at a checkpoint.

Quite possible something like that was happening. Like I said before, it was done in a very awkward location. I don't know if you remember Denver's configuration, but this location has the screeners entering from the very left side of the usually short-staffed bank of checkpoints.

Now, if they were to have done it at the "normal" place screeners enter, it would have been done out of sight of the supervisor's podium (and where the suits usually stand around and do nothing but chat).

Where this screener was getting the secondary was in full and complete view of that area. Even beyond the ETD machines. It made me think they were putting on a show for passengers (see, we go through it as well-type thing), but after thinking about your reply and the set-up at Denver, it could have very well been a show for the suits.

Migh have been training. We do it on each other from time to time, usually away fro
the usual screening location. But I wasn't there, so just guessing.

WOW JUST WOW

hate monger much?

Hmmm, anyone ever seen an agent with a "Operational Test Piece" walking back and forth through the WTMD to test it 20 times every 24 hours?

Uh, HELL NO.

They'll likely do everything they can to find me and make an example of me.

I don't go to the checkpoints to cause any trouble. I like being just like everyone else, and if I run into a rogue screener, let what I know take over from there.

Fair guess, plausible, I just don't know. I think your scenario, my guess, and TK's guess are equally as plausible.

Yes!

And your not impressed by the security protections someone in your agency used to protect this document?