Look at the timing of this. It has nothing to do with revealing troop
locations, and everything to do with making sure no one knows what's
going on so that a scandal like what just occurred can never happen
again!
And that's not in the spirit of whatever 1930s law you were citing. The
spirit in which this is being done is more along the lines of a non -
democratic state than of one interested in freedom of speech, and in
finding out the truth.
And it is contrary to everything Rumsfeld has said about this situation.
Rumsfeld said that he read reports of the abuse, but it was only upon
seeing the pictures that he realized how serious it was. So now you ban
cameras so that you can never see such images again?
Doesn't quite make sense.
No one is fooled as to why the US is implementing this.
-Gel
-----Original Message-----
From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Not really, its just extending a ban that's been in force since the
1930's. The military, for very good reasons, have banned cameras
since the invention of the Kodak Brownie. Its not a matter of keeping
the truth hidden, rather its a matter of military security - think of
it a single photo could reveal units, their strengths and
equipment,and locations. As a opposition intelligence officer, I'd
find that information invaluable.
larry
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