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Sorry, I just can't resist posting it, it's so funny... Just found on Bruce Schneier's blog, he quotes from a WSJ article: Originally posted by http://www.schneier.com/blog/:
Ever since Sept. 11, 2001, the federal government has advised airplane pilots against flying near 100 nuclear power plants around the country or they will be forced down by fighter jets. But pilots say there's a hitch in the instructions: aviation security officials refuse to disclose the precise location of the plants because they consider that "SSI" -- Sensitive Security Information.
"The message is; 'please don't fly there, but we can't tell you where there is,'" says Melissa Rudinger of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, a trade group representing 60% of American pilots.
Determined to find a way out of the Catch-22, the pilots' group sat down with a commercial mapping company, and in a matter of days plotted the exact geographical locations of the plants from data found on the Internet and in libraries. It made the information available to its 400,000 members on its Web site -- until officials from the Transportation Security Administration asked them to take the information down. "Their concern was that [terrorists] mining the Internet could use it," Ms. Rudinger says.
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Quote:
"The message is; 'please don't fly there, but we can't tell you where there is,'"
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While it does sound funny on paper, it makes very clear sense if you have ever flown over a power plant before 9/11. What the TSA is saying is that they will not put together a list of all the powerplants in the country and their location. They are saying that pilots should be smart enough to know that they are near a nuclear power plant. I agree because first off, everyone knows what a power plant looks likes. Second, they are shown on sectional charts, which every pilot who is flying VFR must have on them.
The AOPA seems to almost always have a problem with something the government has done. They do alot of good things for us pilots, but they do seem to do an awful lot of bitching. But I guess thats what a lobbying group is supposed to do?
"Moore has also accused the American people of being the stupidest, most naive people on the face of the Earth. And after last weekend, he's got the box office numbers to prove it!"
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