US Military Web Site Exposes Air Force One Defenses

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=1690

Mistakes happen?

It is absolutely crucial for the President of the United States to
have sufficient and unknown amounts of security for him and his family
whenever they travel.  For example, the number of vehicles in the
motorcade, motorcade routes and information about the flight plans of
Air Force One -- the aircraft that transports the president and his
family -- are usually kept completely secret to the public.  Much to
the shock of the US Air Force, the San Francisco Chronicle informed
the Air Force about an Air Force base web site that gave sensitive
information about Air Force One.  Information included the following: 
Interior maps of the planes, information about the anti-missle
defenses on the Air Force one, and locations where terrorists could
potentially "detonate the tanks that supply oxygen to Air Force One's
medical facility."  According to the San Francisco Chronicle:

We were able to find the information mentioned within a few hours, and
it wouldnt be surprising if anyone who really was looking for the info
could do the same.  Even without the documents mentioned by the
Chronicle, there are literally dozens of technical documents freely
available with a lot of Air Force One's capacities mentioned.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=site%3Aaf.mil+vc-25+filetype%3Apdf&btnG=Search

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whoops!

-JP

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