Knight Ridder: Soldiers warned again about Internet postings
Raw Story | September 6 2005
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/september2005/060905soldierswarned.htm
Knight Ridder reported Monday that soldiers stationed in Iraq and
Afghanistan have been warned against posting sensitive information on
the web. A similar directive was handed down in a memo dated
February, 2005. The piece, by Joseph L. Galloway, states that
military sources "expect to see immediate improvement," this time around.
Excerpts follow:
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For the second time in a year, Army leaders have sent a strong
warning to all commanders that soldiers are continuing to post
sensitive information on Web sites that ``the enemy reads and
exploits'' for use against U.S. forces.
The August memo was headlined Chief of Staff of the Army OPSEC
(Operational Security) Guidance.'' In it, Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker
demanded that everyone Army-wide do a better job of training soldiers
and policing operational security violations thatneedlessly place
lives at risk and degrade the effectiveness of our operations.''
The Army chief's unclassified memo specified the Internet postings of
such sensitive information as ``photos depicting weapon system
vulnerabilities, and tactics, techniques and procedures.'' ...
Schoomaker added that Army headquarters and G-2 also would begin to
track and report on a quarterly basis ``open source OPSEC
violations.'' He wrote that within 30 days, the Army would publish
changes to its operational security regulations that deal with
Internet postings of sensitive photos and material.
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