tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post112014402756735814..comments2024-03-24T09:36:51.494-04:00Comments on delagar: Bloggers in Iraq -- Developingdelagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197857250240640822noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post-1120250598449740522005-07-01T15:43:00.000-05:002005-07-01T15:43:00.000-05:00The historical parallel which you should address i...The historical parallel which you should address is the censoring of v-mail during WWII. Heller did a passage on it in Catch22, which you could probably use.<BR/><BR/>Of course, the military is not interested in suppressing free speech for the hell of it. What they are concerned with is operational security, and means and methods.<BR/><BR/>You can bet that the enemy reads every military blog everyday. So when Sergeant Jennings posts a story about what his unit did today, and the enemy reads the blog, this is known as operational intelligence. Soldiers in WWII were prohibited from keeping diaries for the same reason, not because Franklin Roosevelt was against diarists.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Delgar's brotherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com