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New Restrictions on Public Access to Docs Through DoD IG Website

A U.S. Newswire release dated January 6 states that National Press Club President Tammy Lytle, (who is also the bureau chief for the Orlando Sentinel) sent a letter to Sec. of Defense Rumsfeld expressing opposition to a new policy concerning website content issued by Defense Department Inspector General Joseph Schmitz. In a December 5 memo, Schmitz restricted the publication of “not just classified and ‘official-use’ data, but also new and indefensible categories,” to the Inspector General’s public website.

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