Despite the fact that they took the effort to adopt new rules governing soldiers' email and blog usage (read: they must get permission to click "Send" or "Save" on virtually anything), the U.S. Army insists it won't crack down on troops' personal communications, nor will it punish them for not following the rules. According to an Army fact sheet released yesterday, "In no way will every blog post/update a Soldier makes on his or her blog need to be monitored or first approved by an immediate supervisor."

Funny, 'cause that's not what their new rulebook says.

The new regulations read:

Consult with their immediate supervisor and their OPSEC Officer for an OPSEC review prior to publishing or posting information in a public forum.

(1) This includes, but is not limited to letters, resumes, articles for publication, electronic mail (e-mail), Web site postings, web log (blog) postings, discussion in Internet information forums, discussion in Internet message boards or other forms of dissemination or documentation.

Violating these rules could end up with a solider being court-martialed. But it's good to know the Army won't be enforcing them, just like they've been lax to do with that whole "no torturing" thing.