Army monitors soldiers' blogs, Web sites

[cal04]

From the front lines of Iraq and Afghanistan to here at home, soldiers blogging about military life are under the watchful eye of some of their own.

A Virginia-based operation, the Army Web Risk Assessment Cell, monitors official and unofficial blogs and other Web sites for anything that may compromise security. The team scans for official documents, personal contact information and pictures of weapons or entrances to camps.

In some cases, that information can be detrimental, said Lt. Col. Stephen Warnock, team leader and battalion commander of a Manassas-based Virginia National Guard unit working on the operation.

In one incident, a blogger was describing his duties as a guard, providing pictures of his post and discussing how to exploit its vulnerabilities. Other soldiers posted photos of an Army weapons system that was damaged by enemy attack, and another showed personal information that could have endangered his family.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061029/ap_on_hi_te/military_blogging

[shadowknows69]

1. Monitor my taxicab reports too then DOD

the truth will get out one way or the other. Can't stop the signal.

[saigon68]

11. Wonder if those Fuckers monitor us here

If so, they can go fuck themselves

Take that Bush Butt Boys.

LOL

[OKNancy]

2. kick

[madrchsod]

3. "Under fire, soldiers kill blogs: Pentagon milblog crackdown"

"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."

this story will be on npr tomorrow and is on wired news now. this link is to Boing Boing which has more info and related links to this story

http://www.boingboing.net/2006/10/29/under_fire_soldiers_.html

this may be a big story tomorrow and i guess we will have to wait and see

[wtmusic]

4. security risk = dissent within the ranks

American free speech = free if you agree

[Monkeyman]

6. You have no free speech in the MILITARY

[beam me up scottie]

7. Correct.

One more reason I got out.

[wtmusic]

8. This has nothing to do with security

and everything to do with the war we're currently losing, and preventing news of the fiasco from reaching American audiences.

[magellan]

12. That is undoubtedly happening, but the instances cited in the article

...are legitimate security concerns.

[Nolo_Contendre]

5. Low morale = national security risk

Where national security is defined as Repuke control of the government.

[bemildred]

9. Big Brother is watching. nt

[DeSwiss]

10. That's part of the problem....

....they're watching the wrong people. But then, guilty people of nefarious character tend to think everyone else is as bad as they are.

"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?"