Thursday, October 18, 2007

Official Secrets Act Needed

Whether a leak or a dump, it does not matter: A Classified report is a classified report. Journalists are not able to understand what sources and methods they compromise when they publish one. A simple rule: If it is classified, do not publish it. Is this complicated?
WASHINGTON — Security screeners at two of the nation's busiest airports failed to find fake bombs hidden on undercover agents posing as passengers in more than 60% of tests last year, according to a classified report obtained by USA TODAY.

Screeners at Los Angeles International Airport missed about 75% of simulated explosives and bomb parts that Transportation Security Administration testers hid under their clothes or in carry-on bags at checkpoints, the TSA report shows.

At Chicago O'Hare International Airport, screeners missed about 60% of hidden bomb materials that were packed in everyday carry-ons — including toiletry kits, briefcases and CD players. San Francisco International Airport screeners, who work for a private company instead of the TSA, missed about 20% of the bombs, the report shows. The TSA ran about 70 tests at Los Angeles, 75 at Chicago and 145 at San Francisco.

We get mad at the Mexican government for printing guides on how to hop our border, but it's somehow okay to tell terrorists which airports to use?!?! Am I missing something here?