Friday, December 3, 2010

New Frontiers in Stupidity:DoD to Troops: Lawfare=Wikileaks

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New Frontiers in Stupidity: CableGate Edition

 DoD to Troops: Lawfare=Wikileaks

by Benjamin Wittes
Those of you concerned about the Wikileaks disclosures will be reassured to know that the military IT folks are on the case and are aggressively cracking down on–drum-roll, please–us. That’s right, folks, Wikileaks, Lawfare. It’s all the same. They’re both on the Internet, after all.
I awoke this morning to an email from alert reader Jeffrey A. Sherman, a reserve JAG Army Captain in the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, which is currently deployed in Iraq. He notified me that the following text now appears on his computer when he tries to access Lawfare:
USF-I ALERT NOTIFICATION
*** YOU HAVE SELECTED A SITE THAT MAY POTENTIALLY CONTAIN CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS ***

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