[FedCom] Protection of Radio Frequency

[John Wilson]

Uhhhh....I think the General is about 20 years too late.

don wrote:

> 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
> Don
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