02/05/2004: 
Fraud & Conspiracy
TSA Tries To Erase Public Testimony
from FAS Project on Govt Secrecy
In an extraordinary attempt to alter the public record, the Transportation Security Agency (TSA) is seeking to remove all public traces of certain testimony that was presented at a congressional hearing last November, because the testimony identified specific security problems at an airport in Rochester, New York.
Congressional Quarterly (CQ) Homeland Security reported that the Federal Document Clearing House (FDCH), which produces transcripts of congressional hearings, agreed to delete the testimony from its database.
TSA also asked CQ to delete the testimony from its website, but CQ refused.
"Our position is that any government statement voluntarily made public can't be classified retroactively at a later date," CQ President Robert Merry told CQ Homeland Security.
See "TSA Asks Media to Expunge Public Testimony on Airport Security Problems" by Jeff Stein, CQ Homeland Security, February 4
