Military Steps Up War On Blogs

An anonymous reader writes "The military's war on blogs, first reported last spring, is picking up. Now the Air Force is tightening restrictions on which blogs its troops can read. One senior Air Force official calls the squeeze so 'utterly stupid, it makes me want to scream.'"

When's the next speech

[esocid]

Is Bush going to come out in a month and give a 'mission accomplished' speech after we defeat all the blogs?

If he thinks the policy is stupid...

[cyberworm]

He should read the blogs that are out there... I see this as a way to keep military personnel from losing intelligence.

PressedWords

[Stanistani]

>One senior Air Force official calls the squeeze so 'utterly stupid, it makes me want to scream.'

Presumably he didn't post that on his blog...

Re:If he thinks the policy is stupid...

[trolltalk.com]

It *is* a stupid policy.

If you don't want your troops to lose morale because of the blogs, let them know what's really going on ... oops, that won't work either ...

Next step - installing spyware, so that in Soviet Amerikan Army, blog reads YOU!

Carbon dioxide

[Lucas123]

Bullets are ineffective and dropping a high voltage electrical wire onto blobs doesn't do anything. In fact, it sets diners on fire. A carbon dioxide fire extinguisher is the best way to stop ... oh, wait. You said 'blog'. Sorry.

Ah, irony...

[Osurak]

The article is posted on http://blog.wired.com/ [wired.com] and is therefore blocked by the filter it's complaining about.

War on Blogs

[Ophion]

-hand brandishing egg over skillet-
-crack-
-sizzle-

This is your brain on blogs.

Awesomeness...

[Wandering Wombat]

... when I clicked "Read More", I was told the article was unavailable. That's FAST censorship!

Re:Land of the Free.

[Xelios]

Land of the free indeed. Just yesterday I was trying to read a blog about the wiretapping progr--- TRANSMISSION INTERRUPTED - ERROR CODE 403

Re:out of sight out of mind?

[Digi-John]

Yes, the embedded reporters...
"I'm here in a bunker outside of Baghdad, and while I don't really know anything about military operations, I can assure you that there is a lot of noise out here. Let me sketch a little map in the sand to show you where we're gonna move next..."

Re:It's a training issue; not a free speech issue?

[notamisfit]

I know my Intro class would have been a lot more interesting if we got to handle M16's. At least it would have given me a leg up when I was in boot camp.

Re:Most people in the U.S. don't know the history.

[Anonymous Coward]

a result of the U.S. government invading or bombing 25 countries.

Silly, the US only starts wars to teach its kids some geography.