Remember that time when TOS had a fellow mistakenly let it slip that Bush was visiting... I think that was about the time the "Loose Lips Sink Ships" tagline was introduced. It only takes one, even if by mistake.
**Waves at Pookie**
Yeah, and I watched Geraldo just before he became un-embedded draw a map in the sand showing what the Marine unit he was with was going to do to assault an Iraqi position. IIRC, that was the end of embedded journalists during the Gulf War. They got press briefings after that.
'Loose lips sink ships' originated with the U-boats cruising the eastern seaboard (WWI and WWII)--sailing times and routes/destinations were to be kept secret, and there were spies along the waterfront listening in at the bars and the like...
/thread hijacking.....