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    New Jersey Transit explains half billion Sandy damage with fully blacked out document, because, security.

    By jollyroger on Mon, 05/13/2013 - 8:53pm |

    Although my sister lives in New Jersey, I have been blissfully unaware of the post Sandy travails besetting New Jersey Transit due to some demonstrably poor pre-storm planning (must visit more)

    Leaving aside the substance of the matter, we learn this amusing if alarming detail:

    When asked by the Bergen Record for a copy of their prestorm planning documents (New York City's Transit Authority has a 5 volume treatise) the responsive document, entitled "New Jersey Rail Operations Hurricane Plan” required only 3-1/2 pages.

    Beyond astonishing brevity, not much can be said about the document - it was blacked out except for the title.

    WTF!!??

    As one would guess, "security" was given as the reason for the absurd redaction.

    Right, someone's job security maybe.

    Security has replaced its cousin Patriotism as the last refuge of a scoundral.