Let’s Hear It For “Military Intelligence”
I know that’s an oxymoron, but the Pentagon just keeps churnin’ ‘em out and someone has to keep score. And you gotta hand it to those military guys, they’ve got a way with timing. Both of these stories in the same day’s newspapers and I hardly know where to begin, with the tragedy or the comedy.
An article in the International Herald Tribune notes that the Pentagon has ordered Internet Service Providers in some twenty- five countries (including Japan, France, Britain and Spain) be denied access to the site of the Federal Voting Assistance Program. Ostensibly, this is to “protect it from hackers.”
If I have this straight, the Pentagon was given responsibility for providing online absentee ballots to both military and civilian citizens living overseas. And, one might note, the national election is less than five weeks away which allows precious little time to find an alternative that will meet deadline requirements. So someone in the chain of command, thinking the web site could be hacked…