I was a bit surprised by this bit of news...Chrenkoff...a great source of inside information from the front lines in the Global War on Terror has signed off.
Many bloggers (including the higher volume blogs) regularly linked his stories. As far as the information war goes...this is a setback for now.
Yet, Chrenkoff foreshadowed this here and here. An excerpt from both posts follows (emphasis added):
"A few days ago, I accepted a new job. Unfortunately, one of the conditions is that I will not be allowed to blog, or indeed write much on my own. As you can imagine, it has not been an easy decision. Oh, what the hell - it has been a damned difficult one. I have enjoyed blogging immensly, and I have enjoyed meeting all of you - virtually - over that time. I will, of course, write a bit more on this topic in due course, but in advance of that, a big thank you to all my readers and my fellow bloggers who have made the last eighteen months of my life so fantastic and so rewarding."
I found this interesting (emphasis added):
"...the ban on blogging and writing relates to the fact that when you're on a relatively junior level (as is your immediate boss), it doesn't particularly matter what you write - as long, of course, that it's not defamatory or inflammatory - but as you move higher up in the chain, the powers that be get increasingly paranoid that you might write something that might embarrass or reflect badly on both your (now higher profile) boss and the government in general, so no risks will be tolerated at all.
Hmmm...what does that say about our leadership? More to follow.
Chenkoff...you will be missed.
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