Military Scoops Itself

Published: September 4, 2007, 3:04 pm

Tags: reporters terrorists, gearheads

A couple weeks ago I attended a demonstration of the military’s new blast-resistant trucks at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. It was the same event where Marine General Mike Brogan famously blamed the media for turning the trucks into “symbolic targets” for insurgents. Photographers at the demo were welcome to shoot the outsides of the vehicles from certain angles, but photos of the insides were forbidden. There were systems inside, especially communications and protective gear, that were classified … and obviously the media couldn’t be trusted with such secrets. But as usual, it’s not the press that’s the greatest security risk, but the military itself. Today the Air Force ran a glowing story of its efforts to ship the so-called “Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected” trucks to Iraq. Included was this picture of the inside of a Category III Buffalo. (Left.) And a quick search of the military’s digital media distribution

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