That said, I will point out that it may just be that some government computers have the usual crazy government protections on them. You know, the ones where someone somewhere decides that a certain site is off-limits and suddenly the whole network is. I remember one time CNN was banned. Another time, an entire email service because it offered chat. That one went over well.

It's probably not a widespread conspiracy theory.

When I was deployed, I blogged with no problems, but if I blogged about the mission at all, I ran it by JAG just out of courtesy to ensure there were no OPSEC issues.

I used to get emails from RCT-2 PAO's…to post on my blog…but the PAO's don't have access to my blog…orignally they asked for a copy of the article if I encluded anything from there press release…I sent them back a link…they sent back asking for a screenshot because they couldn't access my blog.

The IT bandwidth gods block whatever the IT bandwidth gods command…it doesn't have anything to do with "content".

Oh yes, can you post a direct link to the photo, I think it is great. Something the MSM always misses.

It has been said, "The best security for the United States of America is the perception of transparency. Everytime this Country classifies a document or concept as secure, the more it actually loses real security and trust." If our leaders would very carefully choose those things which are not controversal, we would be a great deal more secure Nation. If the policies and practices are always covered in secrecy or executive privilege, then the real security of the Nation are compromised. Plausible deniability is not an acceptable defense, we know this from Watergate and the Trials of the Nazis at Nuremberg at the end of WWII.

But, if on the other hand, the people have the perception of transparency, they are not looking for everything and a sense of trust develops. This is where the General's idea continues the process of helping to foster even more trust. The neat thing is this, as we begin to see trust develop, we'll see the importance of blogging in the overall strategy of the growth of our Military. The Nation begins to see the importance of the elders of the village or community as they begin to build bonds with our Military. The Elders begin to see themselves as extensions of the Military in this Global War on Terror. This starts the process for the elders to become the contact points for the younger people to gather input on this issue. This is what you really want, context and balance.

Grumpy

any truth here?