Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Boston Federal Aviation Administration Filings Subject The topic of the resource litigation airport security Description An account of the resource These court filings provide evidence that the terrorists responsible for the September 11th attacks were observed assessing airport security prior to the events. For example, Mohammed Atta was spotted in May '01 taking still photographs, notes and video of the screening checkpoints at Logan. He was reported to law enforcement at the airport, but they failed to follow up. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Brian Sullivan, FAA Special Agent (Retired) Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. How has your life changed because of what happened on September 11, 2001? form question Back in 2016, I submitted several documents which you now include in your Boston Federal Aviation Administration Filings collection. One of these is listed as Exhibit 16 Checkpoint Operators Guide Standard Operating Procedures. When I submitted that document, I was unaware that the Transportation Security Administration had redacted a couple of very important pages. Those pages can now be found at the link below. It is my hope that you can enter those pages into your 9/11 Digital Archive because they include the fact that box cutters, mace and pepper spray were items that the airline industry's COG specifically identified as items not allowed to enter the sterile area. If you recall, these specific items were used by the terrorists on 9/11. The FAA (and later the TSA), and airlines wanted to keep public knowledge of this fact to a minimum, albeit the likely reason these pages were initially redacted. From the airlines perspective, the fact that precluded items made it on to the hijacked planes might adversely impact their liability. Now that all that litigation has come to a close, it would be good to maintain these pages as part of your digital 9/11 history. The planesafe website is associated with the National Air Disaster Alliance Foundation. http://www.planesafe.org/planesafe_archive/pdfs/handcarried_items.pdf Thank you for your time and consideration. Brian F. Sullivan FAA Special Agent (Ret) 1-508-224-7775 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Exhibit 16 Checkpoint Operators Guide