Wednesday, June 20, 2007

TSA Tosses Sensitive Docs in Airport Dumpster

Audrey Hudson writes in The Washington Times:

Homeland Security officials are being warned not to toss secret documents that could compromise transportation security into the ordinary trash after hundreds of such papers marked "sensitive" reportedly were found in a city trash container near the Orlando International Airport in Florida.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) used its most recent newsletter to tell employees not to throw away outdated materials stamped as "Sensitive Security Information" (SSI).

"There have been recent news stories about a young person who went Dumpster diving near a major airport and found an airport binder that contained documents marked as [SSI]", the newsletter said.

Employees are told to shred SSI documents in cross-cutting shredders, cut them manually into squares that measure no less than a half-inch or place them in trash bins specifically designated for SSI disposal.

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