Blockade email ban on Oz sailors

[David Goldstein <goldstein_david@yahoo.com.au>]

Blockade email ban on sailors
SAILORS taking part in the naval blockade of asylum-seekers have been
banned from sending personal emails and digital photographs after
they encounter a suspected illegal vessel, in a draconian effort to
prevent leaks. 
...
The email crackdown is revealed in a restricted signal from the task
group commander to ships taking part in the blockade, which directs
ships' commanders to block all email from the time a suspected
illegal vessel is intercepted until advised to lift the ban. 

When the email system is reactivated, network administrators are
ordered to conduct random searches of outgoing email, "looking for
operational/sensitive information". During the email ban, sailors are
also banned from sending digital photographs by email. 

The signal, marked "restricted, priority", is dated October 28 and
formalises a policy in place for six weeks. 

It says ships' companies are to be reminded they should not send
operational information in personal emails. 

"Email remains a privilege and while censorship of personal email is
unsavoury, I consider it necessary to ensure the integrity of current
operations and essential to mission accomplishment," the signal says.

 http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,3156258%5E15318%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html

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