The Department of Defense has issued several noteworthy new policy Instructions on intelligence and national security matters, including the following (all pdf).
“Joint Reserve Intelligence Program (JRIP),” DoD Instruction 3305.07, March 27, 2007.
“DoD Counterintelligence (CI) Training,” DoD Instruction 3305.11, March 19, 2007.
“Minimum Security Standards for Safeguarding Chemical Agents,” DoD Instruction 5210.65, March 12, 2007.
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This is not the first time Google has agreed to censor imagery at the behest of governments, but be warned: obfuscation at this broad level poses a direct threat to the public’s ability to monitor and scrutinize government operations.
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