[Scanner] Protection of Radio Frequency

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FILE UNDER: SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED

Lists of radio frequencies assigned to the U.S. Air Force's Civil Air
Patrol (CAP) will henceforth be withheld from public disclosure,
according to a January 2006 memorandum from the CAP National
Commander.

"It has come to our attention that the radio frequency assignments
provided us by the USAF are considered sensitive information and
require protection from unauthorized release," wrote Maj. General
Antonio J. Pineda.

"Such [information] must be removed from public access, such as on
the Web, and may not be released to outside agencies without
coordination," he wrote.

"As we prepare for an increased role in Homeland Security, it is very
likely we will encounter additional information requiring our
protection."

"A rigid stance on information security shows that we continue to be
a professional partner in the defense of our nation," he wrote.

"A rigid stance on information security," of course, is the source
and the driver of a whole set of other problems.  But that is beyond
the scope of this memo.

See "Protection of Radio Frequency Information," US Air Force Civil
Air Patrol, January 20, 2006:

     http://www.fas.org/sgp/news/2006/01/cap012006.pdf
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