Is the McCain-Palin Campaign Violating Operational Security? (Did I miss this on DU?)

[Whoa_Nelly]

When Sarah Palin was announced as John McCain's Vice Presidential pick, I found it a little disturbing that she told the public that her oldest son, Track, would be deploying to Iraq on September 11. Generally, disclosing the date of deployment is against Operational Security (OPSEC) and illegal.

Calling around to a couple of Public Affairs Officers (PAO) who would be handling the flow of information about Track and his unit, VoteVets.org found out that, first, Track is not deploying on September 11. He may be part of a deployment ceremony that day, before going to Kuwait, though one Public Affairs Officer said that any details of the upcoming ceremony hadn't been made public yet by the military.

Governor Palin may have spilled the beans on that one, while showing she doesn't know the difference between a soldier deploying to Iraq vs. one preparing to deploy to Iraq. And while not illegal, if she really did believe that's when he's deploying to Iraq, then she didn't know enough to keep quiet about that to keep from violating OPSEC -- something a potential Commander in Chief should know.

But, more disturbing, and definitely in violation of security, are an explosion of stories that say specifically where in Iraq Track is deploying to, which have been dutifully eaten up by right wing websites, and reprinted. I will not reprint it here, because I would only be compounding the issue. But, unfortunately, it is very easy to find on the web at this point.

MORE!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jon-soltz/is-the-mccain-palin-campa_b_123643.html?page=5

[spindrifter]

1. Palin doesn't care about security. She only cares about

getting attention for herself.

[Whoa_Nelly]

2. Obama camp should make a big deal about this

in respect to both McCain and Palin

[elocs]

3. My godson was deployed to Afghanistan in July and sites that support troops

such as AnySoldier.com made it clear that you do NOT reveal when or where a soldier is about to be deployed because you put them and their unit at risk. Apparently Palin believes her political career is worth the risk to her son's life as well as to those of the rest of his unit.