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protect freedom impeach bush now Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 06:08 PM
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Military corruption website
Edited on Thu Oct-16-03 06:12 PM by protect freedom impe
hmmm.....

just surfing around and this popped up -

http://militarycorruption.com/


http://www.earthside.com

http://www.earthside.com/freedom-alert.html

Army Blocks Web Site
CARLISLE, PA - A freedom of speech battle is brewing over a decision by Carlisle Barracks leaders to block access to an Internet site that purports to uncover military corruption. The move to bar Army post workers from logging onto militarycorruption.com was taken to "preserve morale, good order and discipline," barracks spokeswoman Lt. Col. Merideth Bucher said. "The command blocked access to the Web site from government work stations because of complaints by Carlisle Barracks employees that this site consists of rumors, unsubstantiated allegations, innuendo and personal name-calling," Bucher said. A monthly feature on the site is "Carlisle Barracks Capers," a column that lampoons, and sometimes praises, military and civilian workers at the post. Glenn MacDonald, a retired Army Reserve major and former reporter who is the Web site's editor-in-chief, called the blocking "blatant discrimination." "It is illegal what they've done and they're going to have to answer for that," said MacDonald, who served at the barracks in the mid-1990s.
The Patriot-News - September 7, 2003


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ANYBODY heard of this before ?
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demsrule4life Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 06:18 PM
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1. Most military computers are blocked
from accessing websites that don't end in .gov or .mil

4 years Army
20 years Air Force
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demsrule4life Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 06:20 PM
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2. I should add
where ever I have been stationed at.
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kayell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 06:28 PM
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3. Sure I've heard of this before
China has a habit of blocking websites. Pretty shocking behavior though for a so-called democracy.
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7th_Sephiroth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 07:05 PM
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4. sure we have freedom of speech
as long as it isint used to embarass the goverment
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HawkerHurricane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-03 07:39 PM
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5. Interesting...
It doesn't block me, and I'm on a warship right now...

Of course, anything that embarasses the Army, the Navy doesn't mind hearing about!
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