I'm a federal employee and at our agency we have all been advised that under the oath we took when we signed on, we are obliged to follow the law. That means we are to NOT see or access documents that we are not authorized to see, or above our security classification. US documents on WikiLeaks remain classified despite their wide distribution and until they are declassified, we would violate the law should we go to wikileaks, even on our personal internet accounts. While prosecution may be a non-starter for people who violate this, I believe every federal civilian agency has blocked wikileaks to remain compliant with the law.
Yes it's dumb and a catch-22 type situation, but you know how lawyers are!
Unless those other news reports had it wrong, the company Verified Identity Pass owned and colected the data and failed to encrypt it. It was in a locked office, but then my house was locked when we were burgled, so ...
Point is that if you wish to blast someone for not taking security seriously, in this case it's hard to see why TSA is getting blamed.
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Its the law
I'm a federal employee and at our agency we have all been advised that under the oath we took when we signed on, we are obliged to follow the law. That means we are to NOT see or access documents that we are not authorized to see, or above our security classification. US documents on WikiLeaks remain classified despite their wide distribution and until they are declassified, we would violate the law should we go to wikileaks, even on our personal internet accounts. While prosecution may be a non-starter for people who violate this, I believe every federal civilian agency has blocked wikileaks to remain compliant with the law.
Yes it's dumb and a catch-22 type situation, but you know how lawyers are!
TSA didn't lose it....
Unless those other news reports had it wrong, the company Verified Identity Pass owned and colected the data and failed to encrypt it. It was in a locked office, but then my house was locked when we were burgled, so ...
Point is that if you wish to blast someone for not taking security seriously, in this case it's hard to see why TSA is getting blamed.