Pentagon Cuts Restrictions, Shows Love for Social Networking

A Department of Defense memo from Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lynne outlines the Pentagon's new policies on the use of social networking services like Facebook and Twitter. To my surprise, it basically boils down to a total embrace of social networking, with just enough restrictions so we don't see tweets like "Headed to Kabul for surprise attack on taliban--don't tell @insurgency LOL."

Prior to this change, DoD policy was largely left up to individual commanders, and was mostly...