Hundreds of Sydney Airport Security Passes Lost
HUNDREDS of security cards giving people access to restricted areas at Sydney airport are lost or stolen each year.
Qantas security boss Geoff Askew said yesterday thousands of Aviation Security Identification Cards were issued every year to people who work in restricted areas at Sydney airport, including the airstrip and baggage rooms.
But Australia's largest airline could not account for 384 of the cards, issued by the Department of Transport and Regional Services over the past two years, Mr Askew told federal parliament's public accounts and audit committee in Sydney.
Twenty-four of the cards, which expire next year, were indirectly stolen while the "vast majority" had been lost......
http://www.airportbusiness.com/article/article.jsp?id=4414&siteSection=4
***HEADS UP FOLKS***
Notice from Laura's site:
November 28, 205: Ansar Jihad Mailing List Sends Advisory Announcing One Week Shutdown
The Ansar al Jihad mailing list has sent out an advisory suspending it's email group for a one week period.
Previously, after any major attack, there is a concerted effort to shut down the jihadi websites and forums. Occasionally the forums will lock down shortly before an attack and go into password protection mode.
It's hard to say whether we're seeing a concerted effort by the intelligence services of various countries to shut down these sites in the wake of the Amman bombings (as happened after the London bombings) or whether these sites are shutting down pre-emptively in anticipation of something else.
http://www.lauramansfield.com/j/112805_ansarvacation.asp