Anti-missile info about president's planes raises alarm
WorldNetDaily
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A government document posted to the website of an unnamed Air Force base containing information about the anti-missile defense system of Air Force One, the president's official airplane, has raised an alarm with Air Force officials who say the information "affects operational security."
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that it passed on information about the website to the U.S. Secret Service last week. The data about the plane's defense systems was said to be "specific." "It is not a good thing," said Lt. Col Bruce Alexander, director of public affairs for the Air Mobility Command's 89th Airlift Wing at Andrews Air Force Base, which operates the fleet of presidential airplanes.
"We are concerned with how it got there and how we can get it out. This affects operational security." The website document, which reportedly had not been removed as of Friday, contained detailed maps of the two plane's interiors, including the location where Secret Service agents are stationed. The location of Air Force One's medical facility "where a terrorist armed with a high-caliber sniper rifle could detonate the tanks that supply oxygen" was also shown. But it was information about Air Force One's anti-missile systems being placed in the public domain that was of greatest concern.
Intelligence about the plane's available countermeasures could help terrorists choose a more effective weapon or a different style of attack.
Apr 10, 2006
WorldNetDaily
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A government document posted to the website of an unnamed Air Force base containing information about the anti-missile defense system of Air Force One, the president's official airplane, has raised an alarm with Air Force officials who say the information "affects operational security."
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that it passed on information about the website to the U.S. Secret Service last week. The data about the plane's defense systems was said to be "specific." "It is not a good thing," said Lt. Col Bruce Alexander, director of public affairs for the Air Mobility Command's 89th Airlift Wing at Andrews Air Force Base, which operates the fleet of presidential airplanes.
"We are concerned with how it got there and how we can get it out. This affects operational security." The website document, which reportedly had not been removed as of Friday, contained detailed maps of the two plane's interiors, including the location where Secret Service agents are stationed. The location of Air Force One's medical facility "where a terrorist armed with a high-caliber sniper rifle could detonate the tanks that supply oxygen" was also shown. But it was information about Air Force One's anti-missile systems being placed in the public domain that was of greatest concern.
Intelligence about the plane's available countermeasures could help terrorists choose a more effective weapon or a different style of attack.
Apr 10, 2006
