Erase a sentence in a scanned pdf document

A scanned pdf file needs to be sent with confidential info edited out. Leaving a blank space is OK.
1.) How can sentences be securely erased in a pdf document so the intended reader cannot find the confidential info?
2.) How about securely deleting a page ?
Thank you.
Acrobat 9
Vista Business

In Standard 9 Vista - Redaction does not show under Advanced.
In this case using a felt marker tool would be ok - if it securely covered the data in the pdf. ?
From http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/
Control your work
Use Acrobat 9 to apply passwords, set permissions, and permanently remove sensitive information — so you can feel confident your work is safe.
From http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/solutions/detail/protect_info.html
With Acrobat 9, you can:
Help protect sensitive information
Safeguard your work so that only you can change the content
Specify what others can do with your file, such as copying, printing, commenting, or editing
Delete content so that it's permanently removed from the document, not just blacked out
Also interesting regarding redaction:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanitization_(classified_information)

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