Wednesday, August 25, 2004
Sgt Hook and OPSEC
Check out today's posting by Hook on the issue of military blogs:
http://www.sgthook.com/archives/2004/08/25/milblogs/trackback/ (Still working on pretty links, sorry.)
The seasoned, mature warrior has a balanced view that CB (see yesterday's entry) is still struggling with a little I think (at least as of last night). One of the other differences is that CB's primary "fan club" is very anti-military to begin with and probably is not helping CB think this through clearly. I know he cares deeply about his comrades and wouldn't intentionally release info that could cause harm to them. But in the emotional heat of writing down of his experiences he could inadvertently give out info. I just don't want his audience to affect his attitude toward his commanding officers. I should note I haven't checked out the postings on CB's site since early this AM.
As an example of the vulnerability of the web, I came cross Hook's alter ego simply by pushing links. There's also reams of info (or should I say diskettes? CD's? DVD's?) available on the net about some of the equipment the troops use. My employer's intranet even had a news article about the vulnerability of web information about architectural structures here in the US; the article detailed information about structural defects in the financial institutions that were mentioned in a recent heightened terror alert recently. Most Americans still aren't thinking like a country at war. "Loose lips sink ships" and now so do fingers on keyboards!
http://www.sgthook.com/archives/2004/08/25/milblogs/trackback/ (Still working on pretty links, sorry.)
The seasoned, mature warrior has a balanced view that CB (see yesterday's entry) is still struggling with a little I think (at least as of last night). One of the other differences is that CB's primary "fan club" is very anti-military to begin with and probably is not helping CB think this through clearly. I know he cares deeply about his comrades and wouldn't intentionally release info that could cause harm to them. But in the emotional heat of writing down of his experiences he could inadvertently give out info. I just don't want his audience to affect his attitude toward his commanding officers. I should note I haven't checked out the postings on CB's site since early this AM.
As an example of the vulnerability of the web, I came cross Hook's alter ego simply by pushing links. There's also reams of info (or should I say diskettes? CD's? DVD's?) available on the net about some of the equipment the troops use. My employer's intranet even had a news article about the vulnerability of web information about architectural structures here in the US; the article detailed information about structural defects in the financial institutions that were mentioned in a recent heightened terror alert recently. Most Americans still aren't thinking like a country at war. "Loose lips sink ships" and now so do fingers on keyboards!
