Glance: Sensitive Documents Found Online

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Associated Press

Glance: Sensitive Documents Found Online

Jul 11, 3:33 PM (ET)

By The Associated Press

An Associated Press survey of several file transfer protocol servers run by government agencies or contractors found documents that officials, when asked for them directly, deemed too sensitive to release.

A sample of the documents downloaded from FTP sites both by the AP and Christopher Freeman, a North Carolina resident who has privately researched the subject for years:

FOUND ONLINE: Photos, graphics and charts that outline the security features, as well as proposed upgrades to the facility's perimeter fencing, at Tallil Air Base in southeastern Iraq.

WOULD THEY RELEASE IT? No. A spokeswoman for the Army Corps of Engineers in Iraq said the material could jeopardize the security of troops at the base.


Read more: http://apnews.excite.com/article/20070711/D8QAJ1RO0.html

[mike_c]

1. the culture of secrecy is the problem...

...not the fact that the documents were found online.

[libodem]

2. yep, they pervert justice

just like a child molester. Same difference. Hide the truth and operate in the shadows. Creeps.

[Miss Chybil]

3. It's the only way they can keep us safe - to publish security information online.

Hey, they hide things that don't need to be hidden and publish things that need to be secret. All is well in the Upside-down States of America.