My blog post leads to congressional investigation of TSA

Woot!

Wired News is reporting that Henry Waxman - acting as chairman of the powerful House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform - has sent a letter to Kip Hawley, TSA director, demanding information on TSA's shamefully insecure and phishy TRIP website.

The letter, in its full glory, can be found here (pdf).

I was the first person to notice the website, and its lack of SSL encryption. I tipped off Ryan Singel of Wired News, and Brian Krebs from the Washington Post. There have been a couple articles written about the story so far...

I'm crossing my fingers, and hoping for hearings...