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Old 05-02-2007, 18:25   #21
jatx
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Originally Posted by NG_M4_Shooter
Then there's this story,OPSEC or Censorship?
If I am reading that correctly, it would seem to prohibit almost all posts on this forum by current soldiers, without the prior consent of their CO. The source doc is available, so I'll have to check it to see if Wired is using some hyperbole.

Edited to add: Section 2-1c concerns disclosure of "critical and sensitive" information on the Web. Section 2-1g contains the language requiring an OPSEC review prior to posting or emailing such information.

This begs the question as to what "critical and sensitive" means. The examples contained in the text are clear enough, but there have been other instances where much more innocuous information has been placed in these categories by the Army. They seem to be overly broad.

Gear reviews, pipeline discussions, body armor debates, survival and medical tips, where are we to draw the line? The rules about TTPs and current operations are one thing, but this would seem to be another.
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Last edited by jatx; 05-02-2007 at 18:37.
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