>> Several prople have correctly cited the freedom to listen to any radio communications. I support that. However, Balinski asked about the aircraft home base,
>> etc. While the radio transmissions he heard were obviously unclassified, the
>>association of the call signs with aircraft type, unit of assignment and home
>>base is classified information. That is why I asked why he was interested in
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> Classified information ?? ARE YOU SURE ?? Could this come under the
>heading of "GEE, I THINK it should be classified". An awful lot of things
>that people THINK are classified are not. Let me give you an example of
>why I believe you are wrong.
When I was in the Air Force as a crypto tech, we were told not to divulge
anything, with the assumption that everything was being monitored. True,
small pieces of information could be unclassified, but put together, they
could divulge some information that could be considered harmful to the nations
ability to maintain a strategic advantage.
There have been times that I've had to hang up the phone to keep someone from
blabbing more than they already have.
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> In my original posting I was only looking for similar info. NOTHING
>CLASSIFIED.
That may be true, but your piecing it together and putting it on the net in
one piece may be a violation.
That can seem close minded, sure, but the basic idea is that if you want the
info, you should hunt for it, not be given it.
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>> Regards,
>> Dube Todd
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>BTW For those who think my original posting was "DANGEROUS", you should
>see this months (DEC '89) Monitoring Times. It has a very nice article
>about NELLIS AFB, home of the STEALTH programs, along with some interesting