Blog Opinions - DOD See Info As Security Risk?!!! Re: [MilCom] Last Chance to Download is Today

[Ken]

According to the blog entry below,  Larry states that removal was due to DOD 
official's concern that terrorists could use information in the FLIP to plan 
attacks.

Well sure having all the command post & base operations frequencies readily 
at hand does provide some information, that would take quite a bit of 
searching to uncover.   HOWEVER, has DOD really changed their OPSEC/COMSEC 
behavior on the radio in lieu of potential terrorist attacks?  We still hear 
3 hour call in (HF/SSB) and 30 min call in (VHF/UHF) for inbound aircraft 
into various bases that gives all sorts of details, pax, cargo, DV's, etc... 
ALL of this information could readily be passed via encrypted email internet 
traffic from the departure base.  Unless DOD has some sort of secret way of 
adding pax & cargo to aircraft in flight once they depart the last air base, 
ALL of the information given over the air (perhaps except for maintenance 
issues) should basically be known via an email and serves no operational 
purpose.   IF there is a need for this to be passed on the radio than it 
should be via voice encryption.   Actually in Iraq & Afghanistan, I would 
think that even the typical Air Traffic Control radio communications should 
be encrypted.

Now I've got to wonder IF this same logic is going to be applied to the FCC 
license records for public safety type frequencies.  This sure gives a lot 
more information than the DOD information.....

Ken


> Larry Van Horn wrote:
>> Your last chance to get a current set of available DoD FLIP publications 
>> is today. I have ome additional details at
>> http://mt-milcom.blogspot.com/2007/09/nga-public-downloads-only-2-days-left.html