'Road map for terrorists' was shared with the public, never classified

In a time where lawmakers, journalists and advocacy groups are fighting to make government more open, one agency can’t seem to keep secrets.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, an independent agency within the Department of Energy that regulates the reliability of the nation’s electric grid, analyzed and identified potential, ideal terrorist targets in 2013 that would cause major blackouts, according to a report by the inspector general released Wednesday. Because the material wasn’t formally classified, the commission presented the grid analysis to people without official clearance in both the public and private sectors.