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TSA's Sloppy Redacting Reveals All

Posted by kdawson on from the hire-a-competent-clerk-why-don'tcha dept.

A travel blog breaks the story of a poor job of redacting by the TSA: they posted a PDF of airport screening policies, with certain sections blacked out — not realizing that simply laying a black rectangle over the text is hardly sufficient. Cryptome has posted a copy with the redaction removed (ZIP).

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  1. Re:The TSA redacting process by nacturation · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The TSA is to security what Micheal Vick is to Pet Care

    Slashdot should have a facility to nominate quotes like this for a Slashdot Hall of Fame.

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  2. Re:Well, at least the rest don't do this. by JimboG · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Forget the laptop battery... On most planes there is a canister of chemicals stored above every seat that when mixed produces oxygen. Combine that with some duty-free Bacardi 151 (You know, the one with the flame retardant top) and the cigarette lighter you bought just before the flight and you could make you're own very effective little bomb right on the plane itself! All these so called security measures are a joke, when things like spirits and cigarette lighters are still allowed on flights. TSA... I'm not even going to start thinking about those morons. It just gets me all angry.

  3. One interesting redacted section by jonwil · · Score: 5, Interesting

    iv. If the individual's photo ID is a passport issued by the Government of Cuba, Iran, North
    Korea, Libya, Syria, Sudan, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Somalia, Iraq, Yemen, or Algeria, refer
    the individual for selectee screening unless the individual has been exempted from selectee
    screening by the FSD or aircraft operator.

    This section proves that the US Government and the TSA DO target certain groups (in this case people from certain countries) for extra screening (regardless of the individuals who may be members of these groups)

    Are people with a Lebanese or Algerian passport more of a risk than other people? Or is it that these passports are easier for the bad guys to legitimately obtain than any other one?

  4. Re:Not the first time I've seen it. by ledow · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Maybe the people on the other side were like yourself: your credentials hold no water if you weren't involved enough to spell "counsel" - the word you used means something completely different.