A memo reportedly written by Lt. Gen. John Vines, the commander of day-to-day operations in Iraq, lays out new rules for websites and soldier-written blogs, according to FishBowl DC.
Dated April 6, the four-page memo addresses several controversies that have arisen about soldiers blogging about their time in Iraq, and decrees that soldiers may keep and publish personal online journals as long as they don't publish "prohibited information," including classified information, notes on casualties before next-of-kin have been notified, and other information not generally released under a Freedom of Information Act request.
