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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCNN - What TSA is telling key officials to say about the shutdown
You wonder whether the Trump administration is also goosing unemployment numbers given how they are willing to lie about climate change, the impact of the shutdown, and pretty much everything.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/18/politics/tsa-internal-memo-public-relations/index.html
Washington (CNN)Top Transportation Security Administration management has instructed key agency officials at airports around the country to not make details public about how many officers are missing work due to the partial government shutdown, according to an internal email obtained exclusively by CNN.
The talking points sent Friday morning from TSA's deputy assistant administrator for public affairs, Jim Gregory, illustrate how the agency is working behind the scenes to control messaging on how the four-week government shutdown is impacting the agency and its security screening efforts.
"You can engage with media and address topics that touch your workforce such as how they are doing overall but there are some areas you can't address," the email states.
"Do not offer specific call out data at your airport," the email adds. "You can say you have experienced higher numbers of call outs but in partnership with the airport and airlines you are able to manage people and resources to ensure effective security is always maintained."
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CNN - What TSA is telling key officials to say about the shutdown (Original Post)
TomCADem
Jan 2019
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renate
(13,776 posts)1. I'm kind of okay with this, actually
I wouldn't want people with bad intentions knowing which airports to target.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)2. Sadly, I would imagine that people with bad intentions already know this information. nt
erronis
(15,286 posts)3. It's all about messaging, about lying to the public. It's not to minimize possible harm.
They are planning on inflicting maximum harm, and they want us to think everything is hunky-dory just before the major crisis hits. Too late then to worry about woulda, shoulda,