Anyone who's interested can read about which passengers are more likely to be targeted for secondary screening, who is exempt from screening, TSA procedures for screening foreign dignitaries and CIA-escorted passengers, and extensive instructions for calibrating Siemens walk-through metal detectors.
The page document also includes sample images of DHS, CIA see above and congressional identification cards, with instructions on what to look for to verify an authentic pass. Notwithstanding that disclaimer, the document appeared on FedBizOpps, a government clearinghouse that lists federal contracting opportunities for vendors.
It has since been removed from the site, but not before someone grabbed it and submitted it to the whistleblower site Cryptome , where the formerly-redacted portions are highlighted in red boxes. The discovery was first made by a blogger at Wandering Aramean.
TSA spokeswoman Sterling Payne told Threat Level that the document was an "outdated version" of its operating procedures, and that the administration "took swift action when this was discovered.
The manual was posted as a redacted. But the government apparently hasn't learned from past redaction flubs and merely overlaid black rectangles on the sensitive text in the.
Anyone can uncover the hidden text by simply copying and pasting the blacked out portions into another document. One of the redacted sections, for example, indicates that an armed law enforcement officer in or out of uniform may pass beyond the checkpoint without screening after providing a U. Some commercial airline pilots receive training by the U. Marshals Service and are allowed to carry TSA-issued firearms on planes.
The improperly redacted areas indicate that only 20 percent of checked bags are to be hand searched for explosives and reveal in detail the limitations of x-ray screening machines. The redacted portions also indicate which law enforcement personnel are specially screened or exempt from some screening procedures, and indicate what requirements they must meet to be eligible for special screening.
The document also reveals that during peak travel times, TSA screeners who check identification can reduce from percent to 25 percent the times they use black lights to authenticate documents. But officials say the most damaging information in the unredacted manual is what size electrical wire can go undetected by airport screening machines -- valuable information for a bomb maker. A TSA spokesperson says the document posted online is an outdated version "improperly posted by the agency to the Federal Business Opportunities Web site wherein redacted material was not properly protected.
MacLean added that TSA's assertion that the documents posted are old holds no merit. Bennie Thompson D-Miss. But it has been a troubled agency from the beginning. In a written statement the TSA said the inadvertently released screening manual is an outdated version of procedures from last year that has since been updated six times.
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