Guardsman in Iraq Punished Over Blog Post

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

By AMANDA KEIM, Associated Press Writer
15 minutes ago
But if you're a Bush confident revealing classified information is A OK


PHOENIX - An Arizona National Guardsman serving in Iraq has been demoted for posting classified information on his Internet Web log, an Army official said Monday.

Leonard Clark, 40, was demoted from specialist to private first class and fined $1,640, said Col. Bill Buckner, a spokesman for the Multi-National Corps-Iraq.

Soldiers in Iraq are allowed to maintain blogs or Web sites but cannot post information about Army operations or movements. They also are barred from posting information about the death of a soldier whose family hasn't yet been notified.

"The intent of the policy is not to violate soldiers' rights, but to safeguard soldiers," Buckner said. Blogs are "a growing phenomenon, I guess. It's something a lot of people do and has some uses."

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=533&e=4&u=/ap/20050802/ap_on_re_us/guardsman_blog

[Teaser]

1. This guy was going to run for office

This was done to scuttle his chances. No doubt about it.

[Solly Mack]

2. These "rules" are so *arbitrary* it's not funny

Check out MSN Groups sometime....just search for their military groups and read the info there....you'll find troop movement, troop location, and all kinds of other things.

[jurassicpork]

3. I'm surprised

that this didn't go right between Buckner's legs.

JP
http://jurassicpork.blogspot.com

[Moderator]

4. Duplicate (and not LBN)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1665276