(fwd) Pentagon Orders Sensitive Info Removed From Military Web Sites

Sue J. Worden (worden@uts.cc.utexas.edu)
Mon, 28 Sep 1998 10:26:30 -0500 (CDT)

Could there be a connection between this and the changes in NASA/OIG
web site access policies ???        --Sue (worden@uts.cc.utexas.edu)


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> PENTAGON ORDERS SENSITIVE INFO REMOVED FROM MILITARY WEB SITES
> Having become aware that some military Web sites were offering "too much
> detail on Defense Department capabilities, infrastructure, personnel and
> operation procedures," the Pentagon has ordered the elimination from those
> sites of all information that might compromise national security or endanger
> Defense Department personnel.  A senior government official says:  "One of
> the things we're finding over time is that, in this new environment, the
> distinction between classified and unclassified information in some respects
> is diminishing."  (Washington Post 26 Sep 98)

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