Military Blogging

About a year ago, Mr Miyagi got into a little bit of trouble with Mindef when he posted something related to his ICT. It wasn't a big issue and he took down the offending post, but this was picked up by some foreign media (was it Australia's?) and made a big hoo-ha out of it. In the end, I think the resolution was that he could re-upload the post, and all Mindef was trying to point out was that anything that might reveal classified information should be checked with Mindef first.

Well, if these media would jump at such a news, I wonder if they'd fly to Uranus if they hear this new US army directive (via Slashdot), stating that

The U.S. Army has ordered soldiers to stop posting to blogs or sending personal e-mail messages, without first clearing the content with a superior officer...

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The new rules obtained by Wired News require a commander be consulted before every blog update.

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Civilians working for the military, Army contractors -- even soldiers' families -- are all subject to the directive as well.

Heh heh. If Mindef were to do something similar, they might as well do a complete ban on blogs in Singapore!