Information Security News: U.S. military can surf the Web anonymously

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http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20061226-112020-1240r

12/27/2006

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- A document recently released by secrecy 
campaigners shows that the U.S. military uses "non-attributable internet 
access" for certain intelligence operations.

Newly declassified regulations governing U.S. Army 
intelligence-gathering activities were posted on the Internet earlier 
this month by Steven Aftergood of the Federation of American Scientists.

In one change to existing rules, the regulations state that although 
intelligence personnel must ordinarily use government computers for 
official business, "if operational security so requires, such as to 
protect a government computer from hacker retaliation, a ... commander 
may approve non-attributable Internet access."

The regulations say that IP addresses, URLs and e-mail addresses "not 
self-evidently associated with" a U.S. citizen or legal permanent 
resident "may be acquired, retained and processed by Army intelligence 
components without making an effort to determine whether they are 
associated" with such a person, "as long as the component does not 
engage in analysis focused on specific addresses" -- such as trying to 
determine whether they are used by terrorists.

"Once such an analysis is initiated," the regulations state, the 
component "must make a reasonable and diligent inquiry to determine" 
whether they belong to an American.


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