I don't know exactly who wears which hat, but someone sets policy
regarding the censoring of documents, and likely someone else,
presumably someone with specific technical knowledge, tests and
verifies particular methods.

If it was a paper document, he would have to test whether a certain
brand of ink would safely black out the censored portions, or if they
would have to be cut out physically from the paper.

Likewise, he must test a procedure for electronic docs, and demonstrate
that it works. Whether he is IT or IS I don't know. He's not really
in charge of security over all, but in making sure that the method
really works. He's a technician, not a policy maker.


It's really surprising that this happened. The gov't has used PDFs for years.
Maybe it's Adobes fault