What were you thinking?

Rather than put a boot through my TV screen, I'll just vent here.

Almost on a daily basis, the CENTCOM briefings carry a story of embedded reporters that have been sent back to Kuwait because the information they put on the air was too sensitive (i.e. revealing) about the current location or operational status of a military unit.

Well, just about a minute ago, I was monitoring CNN when a reporter from the Boston Globe made a point of calling the CNN desk asking that he be put on the air. And what did he say? That his unit was sitting on the east bank of the Euphrates river, 50 miles from Baghdad. Anyone who has studied math knows that if you take a set of compasses, draw a circle centred on a known point, and find the intersection of the circle on another known point (like a RIVER, for example) can pinpoint with complete accuracy the position on a map.

Expect this reporter to be on tomorrow's list of stupid (I mean banned) reporters.