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Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 10:57:49 -0500
From: Majstoll@private
To: edward@private
Cc: bill@private, gnu@private, declan@private, Majstoll@private,
lebos123@private, ellis84@private
Subject: US Passport Req. changed; TSA wants public testimoney deleted from
press records
See: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17599-2004Feb5.html
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Media Asked to Delete Security Testimony
The Transportation Security Administration has asked the news media to
delete from their archives two pages of unclassified congressional
testimony from a public hearing in November on airport security.
The Federal Document Clearing House (FDCH), which provides transcripts of
hearings to news organizations and others, agreed to delete the testimony,
in which a government contractor described security problems at the
Rochester, N.Y., airport, according to an article posted on the
Congressional Quarterly Web site.
The FDCH passed the agency's request on to its subscribers, including
Congressional Quarterly, which declined to remove the contractor's remarks,
the CQ article said. A CQ official said something that had been on the Web
site that long would have been downloaded many times, "so what we do with
it is actually of little consequence."
A TSA lawyer said the testimony, about how small handguns were easily
smuggled past airport screeners, included "sensitive security information."
• Parents seeking a passport on behalf of any child under age 14 now must
bring the child with them to passport offices to apply, the State
Department said.
Parents previously were not routinely required to bring a child when
applying for the child's passport, the department said. The new measure is
designed to enhance the accurate identification of passport applicants and
aid in preventing international child abduction and trafficking.
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