Army attempts to shove blogging genie back in bottle

The U.S. Army has ordered soldiers to stop posting to blogs or sending personal e-mail messages without clearing the content with a superior officer first. The directive, issued April 19, is the sharpest restriction on troops' online activities since the start of the Iraq war. And it could mean the end of military blogs, observers say.

Ironically, the complete text of the US Army's new operational security regulations was posted on the internet despite the phrase "For Official Use Only" splashed in bold across the cover. The revised regulations were first reported by Wired News blogger Noah Shachtman.

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