[privacy] U.S. Military Can Surf the Web Anonymously

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via UPI.

[snip]

A document recently released by secrecy campaigners shows that the U.S.
military uses "non-attributable internet access" for certain intelligence
operations.

Newly declassified regulations governing U.S. Army intelligence-gathering
activities were posted on the Internet earlier this month by Steven
Aftergood of the Federation of American Scientists.

In one change to existing rules, the regulations state that although
intelligence personnel must ordinarily use government computers for
official business, "if operational security so requires, such as to protect
a government computer from hacker retaliation, a ... commander may approve
non-attributable Internet access."

The regulations say that IP addresses, URLs and e-mail addresses "not
self-evidently associated with" a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident
"may be acquired, retained and processed by Army intelligence components
without making an effort to determine whether they are associated" with
such a person, "as long as the component does not engage in analysis
focused on specific addresses" -- such as trying to determine whether they
are used by terrorists.

[snip]

More:
http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20061226-112020-1240r

- - ferg

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