Pentagon email warned about content on Fox News - funny

[burnedout]

I'm no fan of Fox News and this post isn't intended to criticize one's opinion of the network. The following story from Time is rather amusing though.

From Time Magazine:

It's not exactly every day that the Pentagon warns military personnel to stay away from Fox News. But that's exactly what some hopeful soul at the Department of Defense instructed, in a memo intended to forbid Pentagon staff reading a copy of the Taguba report detailing abuse of detainees at prisons in Iraq that had been posted at the Fox News web site....

Link to email message:

This applies to all Policy users as well. If you have accessed this document on the Internet, CALL POLICY IT SECURITY IMMEDIATELY! 703-696-0668
[...]
"THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT IS CLASSIFIED; DO NOT GO TO FOX NEWS TO READ OR OBTAIN A COPY."

Heh.

 

[conjur]

LOL!

Stupidity knows no bounds.

 

[JackStorm]

[sarcasm]Oh no, factually correct info with no spin on foxnews. Quick, everyone, look away! [/sarcasm]

Honestly though, this was quite an amusing bit of news.

 

[tnitsuj]

WTF is going on over there?

 

[burnedout]

Originally posted by: tnitsuj

WTF is going on over there?

I long wondered who continued screwing up my personnel actions all those years. Now I know!

 

[tnitsuj]

Originally posted by: burnedout

Originally posted by: tnitsuj

WTF is going on over there?

I long wondered who continued screwing up my personnel actions all those years. Now I know!

It appears from the top down the Pentagon is totally out of touch with reality. I hope the people in the field don't share those delusions.

 

[zephyrprime]

So the info was leaked but you still shouldn't read it because it's classified?

 

[replicator]

Yeah real smart.

They call attention to the article, just in case they haven't seen it yet, then tell them not to look at it.

Brilliant