The Wall Street Journal and others are reporting that the U.S. Air Force is blocking its personnel from using work computers to view the websites of publications that have posted classified diplomatic cables from Wikileaks. Air Force users who try to view the websites of the New York Times, Britain's Guardian, Spain's El Pais, France's Le Monde or German magazine Der Spiegel instead get a page that says, "ACCESS DENIED. Internet Usage is Logged & Monitored." The notice warns that anyone who accesses unauthorized sites from military computers could be punished.
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