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14
May
Pentagon Blocks Troops From Using Youtube
by QuestionGirl • 9:19 am

Such bullshit. But it was ok when Georgie pointed to a map of Iraq showing where all the U.S. soldiers outposts were. An of course, the Pentagon will continue to post it’s propaganda.

The Pentagon will from today ban soldiers serving overseas from using popular video’sharing and social networking websites, claiming they are a security risk.

The Pentagon will continue to post its own videos on networking websites.
The US defence department said videos, recordings and messages uploaded by troops in the field on to YouTube, MySpace and 11 other websites posed a “significant operational security challenge”, and a drag on the military’s computer network.

Critics of the policy said it was designed to prevent troops either delivering bad news or receiving it from videos posted by Iraqi insurgents on the internet.

The US military has always barred its members from sharing information that could jeopardise their missions or safety, but the new policy creates a blanket ban on military personnel exchanging messages, pictures, video and audio with family and friends, which could also be seen by millions around the world.

Members of the military can still access the sites on their own computers - but Pentagon computers and networks are the only ones available to soldiers and sailors in Iraq and Afghanistan.

More at The Telegraph


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