[coloradan]

1. So, was it top secret or confidential?

2. Is this the usual way of transporting classified information?

[dfwddr]

Meanwhile, a TSA official said the agency, "may look at increasing the standards for anyone who stores this type of information on their computers."

You think ????? WTF?

[Clarinet_King]

Carrying that kind of info on what is essentially an “unclassified” system is a big no no.

That was the pilot’s personal laptop, which means he used to it to check his email, surf the web, putting those security codes in all manner of risks.

Operational Security people - Learn it, Live by it.

[MrPiper]

Would someone here please enlighten this pilot what type of “secret security information” would be on his laptop? I can fly anywhere in the US, avoiding restricted airspace of course, and I need no “secret security information”. Possibly some “secret security girlfriend/stewardesses information”?

[Clint Williams]

Ya get the government you vote for, sheeple.

[CORedneck]

WTF ! When I worked for Lockheed Martin, I had a TS clearance but with it came a lot of responsibility. First and foremost is the protection of classified information. Procedures to do that had to be followed. Second, if you did not need to know the information, you avoided looking at it - need to know basis. When I had to deal with classified info, I went out of my way not to look at it or to know it. Luckily in my position, I was a Sys Admin - my job is to keep the computers running, therefore, it was very easy to avoid knowing the information.

The pilots laptop, if it had actual classified information, why wasn't it guarded to where it didn't get lost such as being in a safe ? In my career with LM, I had to carry classified information one time - I was required to do this. I preferred not to do this. It was emphasized that I was to carry it from point A to point B, no stops of any kind either. I made sure I got gas before I went to pick it up. When I got to my destination, I insisted the security person for the facility was there to receive it, therefore, it was in my possession for the shortest amount of time.