Return-Path: <sentto-279987-2797-1002637992-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Tue, 09 Oct 2001 07:34:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 14856 invoked by uid 510); 9 Oct 2001 14:33:07 -0000 Received: from n1.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.51) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 9 Oct 2001 14:33:07 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-2797-1002637992-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.54] by n1.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 09 Oct 2001 14:33:11 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_4_1); 9 Oct 2001 14:33:11 -0000 Received: (qmail 63633 invoked from network); 9 Oct 2001 14:33:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l8.egroups.com with QMQP; 9 Oct 2001 14:33:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta1 with SMTP; 9 Oct 2001 14:33:11 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id HAA23023 for iwar@onelist.com; Tue, 9 Oct 2001 07:33:10 -0700 Message-Id: <200110091433.HAA23023@big.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 07:33:10 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:U.S..Air.Force.Warns.Its.Officers.Not.To.Talk.To.Reporters] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Bloomberg.com October 5, 2001 U.S. Air Force Warns Its Officers Not To Talk To Reporters By Tony Capaccio Washington -- U.S. Air Force officers have been ordered not to talk with reporters or industry groups about weapon programs. A directive sent to officers in charge of fighter programs, electronics and depot maintenance in Washington, Massachusetts, Ohio and Utah warned against disclosing information. ``Effective immediately, I do not want anyone within the Air Force acquisition community discussing any of our programs with the media -- on or off the record,'' wrote Darleen Druyun, the Air Force principal deputy assistant secretary for acquisition. ``This includes any forums at which the media might be present.'' ``Clearly, we have shifted to wartime footing and we must be extremely careful with any information potential adversaries can exploit,'' she wrote. ``When in doubt, err on the side of caution.'' The Air Force directive is a stronger version of one sent earlier in the week to defense contractors urging discretion in public statements and press releases. ``Statistical, production, contracting and delivery information can convey a tremendous amount of information that hostile intelligence organizations might find relevant,'' Pentagon acquisition undersecretary Edward Aldridge wrote. `No Gag Order' The tight-lip policy was first set by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld one day after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. On Sept. 12, he warned military personnel not to disclose any information about pending operations against terrorists. The Pentagon has repeatedly declined to confirm any details about the military's mobilization or give reporters guidance on their stories. The Air Force directive should not be seen as a gag order but rather as an attempt to act ``with prudence and reason,'' Druyun said in a short telephone interview. The Air Force will review media requests for information on a case-by-case basis and won't use the directive to hide problems with weapons systems, she said. Service officials, however, won't talk about the capabilities of systems, production schedules or whether they will be accelerated, she said. Druyun said she issued the directive in response to a ``flood'' of messages from industry organizations asking for Air Force officials to speak at forums discussing weapon systems and how they might contribute to the war on terrorism. ``I ask each of you to scrutinize the agendas and participants for any planned government-industry symposia or forums involving your organizations,'' Druyun wrote to the officers. ``I am particularly concerned with any forums attended by foreign nationals,'' she wrote. ``I leave it up to you to determine if these arrangements can still be held while complying with our need to strictly control public disclosure of sensitive acquisition program information,'' she wrote. ------------------------ Yahoo! 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