Feds hope to censor unclassified congressional testimony [fs]

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 10:57:49 -0500
From: Majstoll () aol com
To: edward () hasbrouck org
Cc: bill () scannell org, gnu () eff org, declan () well com, Majstoll () aol com,
        lebos123 () aol com, ellis84 () rcn com
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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