OPSEC, Censorship, and Security Through Obscurity.

"New Army regulations require soldiers -- including those who have returned from Iraq / Afghanistan -- to consult with their immediate supervisor and an officer that handles OPSEC issues prior to any publication, blog post, forum / discussion post, comment, or public email.

Unfortunately, as there were already strong restrictions in place on what soldiers overseas could say to those back home, and as soldiers are already adequately trained on OPSEC policies and procedures, I strongly believe that this new policy primarily will serve as a form of preemptive censorship.

Already, we are seeing soldiers getting in trouble for saying things which have absolutely nothing to do with OPSEC. Are we to believe that soldiers' already somewhat limited rights of free speech will be honored and protected by their commanders, who will allow them to post whatever they want so long as it doesn't violate OPSEC or criticize their president / commanders, or will they find themselves preemptively censored?"
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