Pentagon Cracking Down on Soldiers’ Blogs

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Pentagon Cracking Down on Soldiers’ Blogs

Wired News via Boing Boing:

Some of the web’s more popular “milblogs”—blogs maintained by present or former active duty military personnel—are going quiet following a renewed push by U.S. military officials to scan sites for security risks.

Ten members of a Virginia National Guard unit have been tasked with reviewing both official and unofficial Army websites for potential operational security, or OPSEC, violations. Under the direction of the Army’s Web Risk Assessment Cell (AWRAC), the reviewers look for text, photos or videos that may give away sensitive information.

“Loose lips sink ships. That’s been around since World War I, and hasn’t changed in years,” said Lt. Col. Stephen Warnock, team leader and battalion commander of the Manassas-based unit that works with contractors from the tech company CA.

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By Chica, October 31, 2006 at 7:26 pm Link to this comment
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I am an NCO in the USAF and we have been told explicitly to remove all pictures in uniform from our blogs, myspace and the like. It’s a crap policy they came up with because of a legitimate one. We are not to act as ambassadors of the Air Force unless we do so as an official function. Otherwise we are to direct you to public affairs. However they expect us to volunteer in the community on our own time (which I support) to represent the Air Force. It’s a little two faced.

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By Pat in Montana, October 30, 2006 at 5:02 pm Link to this comment
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My son has often sent e-mails, political, and NOT favorable to the administration, to his cousin who is a “Contractor” in Afganistan. The cousin never sees them before they get bounced back.

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