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Jul 7, 2008 | 7:45 am
#31
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I am not planning on going anywhere, unless they make me. I think that it is pretty ridiculous that it has gotten to this point! The TSA blog gives out more information than anything anyone has said on here, and yet TSO's are dropping like flies! (Some of you would be pretty happy about that 
). I think that I have been very careful, and I don't expect any repercussions on anything that I have said. But I am aware that I am being monitored.
). I think that I have been very careful, and I don't expect any repercussions on anything that I have said. But I am aware that I am being monitored.While most corporations have rules that make discussion of certain topics by ordinary employees "off limits" (stuff that could cause an Investor Relations or Compliance issue), TSA and other government agencies take it to a whole new level.
Jul 7, 2008 | 8:05 am
#32
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TSA is the last agency that should be lecturing anyone on security, let alone opsec.
Jul 7, 2008 | 8:23 am
#33
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I had a federal security briefing in which there was a typo on the slide - it described "classification may be used for material that is embarrassing or otherwise to cover up questionable or illegal action by the agency". I did point out the fact that the word "not" was omitted....
Jul 7, 2008 | 8:57 am
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Mike
Jul 7, 2008 | 8:57 am
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But all employees should receive a brief. It is supposed to be part of mandatory training, right up there with EEO and sexual harassment training.
Jul 7, 2008 | 8:59 am
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Jul 7, 2008 | 9:24 am
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I had a federal security briefing in which there was a typo on the slide - it described "classification may be used for material that is embarrassing or otherwise to cover up questionable or illegal action by the agency". I did point out the fact that the word "not" was omitted....
Jul 7, 2008 | 9:36 am
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I'll Contact Canada's Government
I'll join the growing chorus speaking out to assure you (and the government functionary in Ottawa who is sure to be monitoring this) that you have done nothing worthy of any apology. And to thank you for your informative participation in these discussions that have helped improve the relationships between Canadians and the rest of the world.
If anyone else in the U.S. wants to complain about the silencing of this voice from north of the border you may want to do as I will and write via the Canadian embassy to the United States.
Their ambassador is the Hon. Michael Wilson. He can be reached by writing
Embassy of Canada
501 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001-2114
###EDITED TO ADD###
I have mailed a letter to Ambassador Wilson with a copy to Jane Greene, president and CEO of Aeroguard Group in Toronto. (They're the firm with the contract to provide screeners and were mentioned in an earlier thread.)
If anyone else in the U.S. wants to complain about the silencing of this voice from north of the border you may want to do as I will and write via the Canadian embassy to the United States.
Their ambassador is the Hon. Michael Wilson. He can be reached by writing
Embassy of Canada
501 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001-2114
###EDITED TO ADD###
I have mailed a letter to Ambassador Wilson with a copy to Jane Greene, president and CEO of Aeroguard Group in Toronto. (They're the firm with the contract to provide screeners and were mentioned in an earlier thread.)
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