Full disclosure sought for maritime security mistakes

Congress is bringing some transparency to national security when it comes to releasing maritime security information. Until now, the federal government has gotten away with secrecy when it comes to maritime security errors. Now, however, if Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV), gets his amendment approved by Congress, maritime errors would become public.

Rockefeller's amendment to the 2010 homeland security appropriations bill was approved last week and still has to make it through the Senate and the House. It would prohibit the government from hiding behind a claim of "sensitive security information."

We're not sure what propelled Rockefeller to push for this amendment, but it's likely that some marine security foul-up was at the heart of it. If so, we're certain that IT was at the center, as well, either facilitating a mistake or recording it.

For more on this maritime issue:
- check out this Government Security News article