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Military Steps Up War On Blogs

Posted by kdawson on from the don't-post-don't-read dept.

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.'"

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  1. When's the next speech by esocid · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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    Absolute power corrupts absolutely. indymedia
  2. Re:If he thinks the policy is stupid... by trolltalk.com · · Score: 4, Funny

    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!

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    Kevin Smith on Prince
  3. Ah, irony... by Osurak · · Score: 5, Funny

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