Another poorly redacted SSI document.
 

http://www.mspb.gov/netsearch/viewdo...cation=ACROBAT

I thought they fixed that problem.

Special thanks to Cryptome.

http://cryptome.org/0001/tsa-ssi-02.htm

I am still reading it so I don't know if there is anything juicy yet.

Wonderful! I so much enjoy watching idiots trying to keep secrets that shouldn't be secret in the first place -- and are "secret" only because the same idiots said they are! What irony.

Bruce

Snicker, giggle, snort, ahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha,

Referring to DHS/TSA upper level management as the Keystone Cops would be an insult to the Keystone Cops. Got to hand it to them though, they do provide a bit of drama, comedy, etc.

What boring documents.

I am starting to feel sorry for Gale, her whole foundation is starting to crumble and she will be the one that fall furthest.

Interesting tidbit

I know, I expect SSI to be really SENSITIVE Security Information.

BYW you need to contact your superiors per the law on SSI. I have already screwed up one of Blogger Bob's weekends.

I suspect that they have a person assigned to read FT security posts over the weekend and the call has already gone out.

Well, I would never post ssi here or anywhere. I'm not about to lose my job.

:p

I made the assertions that those machines didn't work in another thread.. I didn't know the specifics but I knew they weren't happy with them, even the dumbest government entity wouldn't employ dozens of them at one airport (TPA) and then suddenly shut them all off and cart them away if there wasn't something seriously wrong with them.

I suppose no matter how terrible the job, somebody somewhere values it! :(

Bruce

It isn't that bad. Yea, it gets annoying at times, but I have fun. Besides, i'm not an ... towards passengers, so sometimes it's nice when they tell me how nice it is to meet a non-mean tso. However, not everyone can be pleased, no matter how wrong they are.

BTW I have the documents posted on my blog in case the original gets yanked.

I alerted Blogger Bob so I wonder how the TSA will play it this time around. I am expecting a much cooler response.

Never feel sorry for appointees. They did nothing to earn the position they hold.

You remind me of the little boy with a magnifying glass zapping ants.

I think that is a pretty accurate description, but those ants deserved to die.

How you guys find this stuff is amazing. The case is interesting and I would concur with the experts that the TSO does not have the expertise to speak to the issues. However, the court is right in its ruling that the expertise is not in question, it is the belief that the TSO is being retaliated against for what he has said that holds merit.

Don't they ever learn from their own mistakes? Silly question. That's been answered several times already. No.

I think this time they did learn from their mistakes. I just checked and the document is still up on the server. http://www.mspb.gov/netsearch/viewdo...cation=ACROBAT

I guess knowing how poorly the swabs work is not nearly as dangerous as knowing what a Senate ID looks like.

I've put up another post as well and also alerted a few media folks I was in contact with from the last round I was involved in. The hits just keep on coming. In this case the only sliver of hope for the TSA that I can see is that they didn't publish the document so technically it might not be their fault. But the issue is still very real.

Hi/Low on when the next "administrative subpoena" will be served by TSA Special-Ed Agents?

Thanks.

From the document.

So yep still the TSA's fault.

I hope today, cuz I am feeling all rednecky.

So now I have to update my article yet again.

If they do show up, remember they don't get past the threshold without a warrant.

I have already briefed my wife and children on the proper response. The children have been instructed to say nothing other than "I will get Dad" and they have been instructed to come inside and shut the door behind them.

I have also instructed them that if the agent persists in asking questions the response is to be "I require a lawyer to be present at questioning".

I got my daughter a camera for Christmas, she has been instructed to take as many photos as possible. I have also instructed her on how to react if the agent tries to seize the camera.

Like I said, I am feeling all Rednecky today.

Trying to seize the camera might be almost as dumb as Texas Tech firing their coach right before the Aloha Bowl.

There's the spot...here's the kick...ouch, right between the uprights! :D

She asked me if the jingles were fair game. I told her to ring that bell.

I don't know which is scarier:

1. That TSA doesn't have the brains/talent to properly redact what it considers to be SSI;

2. That the unredacted info in this doc shows what pathetic security measures are being used with checked luggage; or

3. That TK is feeling red-necky today! (Watch out!) :D

TK is merely my padawan in the Redneck Order. :D

Please note that the term redneck comes from the WV coal miners who were ambushed by machine gun fire while trying to organize for better working conditions and wages. They wore red kerchiefs to identify themselves.

"By 1920, coal miners had started to organize via labor unions. The Battle for West Virginia's Blair Mountain in 1921 occurred when a group of 10,000 coal miners fought for their right to organize and improve working conditions. They marched against armed Federal troops in what became the largest armed conflict on American soil following the Civil War. The solidarity that developed helped the union organize conditions in the coalfields.

To identify themselves, the Blair Mountain miners wore red kerchiefs around their necks. The documentary suggests these kerchiefs were the origin of the term redneck.

According to the Sierra Club Newsletter, Blair Mountain was shut down in 1999 and has lost all original forest and mountain topography. The modern, cheaper method of mining lops a mountaintop off its base.

The Blair Mountain site was owned by Arch Coal Company and is located near Logan, West Virginia. Kenny King, a West Virginian descended from miners who fought the Battle of Blair Mountain, has spent years documenting artifacts from the 1,600-acre site and is attempting the battlefield listed on the Natural register of Historical Places."

Quoted from: http://www.helium.com/items/632199-w...rginia-culture

That is the first time I ever heard that version of the origin of redneck.

The miners involved were mostly of Scottish and Irish descent. The term was used in a derogatory way in an attempt to undermine their struggle.

Just so you know, TK. ;) In that context, you are aligning yourself with some very determined folks.

Oh great now I will be associated with another DHS designated "low level" terrorist group. It was bad enough when I was just a conservative that is against abortion and believes in State's rights.

On a lighter note, the document is still on the server for all the world to see. I guess they figured out that a knee-jerk reaction leads to a world of hurt.

I think we ought to set up a forum for donations to get red-necky Fters out of jail. All of you who fight for justice for the rest of us who travel are owed a million thanks over and over again. Thanks to all the red-necky Fters! :D

That is a good idea. It will need some fleshing out and some safeguards built in.

It could be come part of a Citizens for TSA reform group.

It's worse TK. The last one they pawned off as being done by an intern. From my understanding, anything out of the MSPB is supposedly vetted by the SSI officer director within TSA. Can't remember the guy's title, but it's an actual position that directly involves SSI matters. No interns around to blame this time.

The TSA Office of SSI reviews MSPB decisions of TSA employees BEFORE the MSPB posts them:

http://www.publicintegrity.org/blog/entry/1523/

As of May 11, 2009, Andrew Colsky is the TSA Director of SSI:

http://www.tsa.gov/weekly/051109.shtm

They seem to be taking a more chilled approach to this damning leak. As of an hour ago the document was still in the wild.

Just removed:

http://www.mspb.gov/netsearch/viewdocs.aspx?docnumber=415916&version=416870&appl ication=ACROBAT

Took their sweet time. I guess no one was minding the store at DHS/TSA over the New Year's holiday as personal vacations are more important than national security. ;) :rolleyes: At least we have determined which they consider to be a higher priority.

I know Blogger Bob was alerted, it must be frustrating for him to get this news and have others sit on it.

Take heart the document still reside on Trollkiller's World and Cryptome.