On Mar 17, 2011, at 6:57 PM, Jason 'XenoPhage' Frisvold wrote: > Could this also be part of a "communications blackout" ? No, not in a > sinister, government keeping secrets, manner. A friend of mine serves on a > ship that's over there right now. He dropped me a note last night that they > were going into a communications blackout to try and control some of the wild > miscommunication being sent out.
That's fairly common with naval operations. They go into a blackout when there is some probability of a PR or intelligence fumble, usually related to an upcoming mission assignment.
