Are the New York Times and MSNBC considered bloggers in this article?

Bwhahahaah.....as usual the liberals get everything backasswards.

Bloggers are a threat! Not so much to national security, but to the so-called main stream media.

I'm sure John McCain can be persuaded to end the threat bloggers pose.

I wish I was joking.

"Bloggers reveal locations of railcars with hazardous materials."

Pat "Leaky" Lahey and Arthur Sulzberger, Jr are bloggers?

Who knew!!

maybe if the article actually said bloggers were a threat ...

talk about a straw man ...

Part of the new think is change all the descriptions. Black is white, up is down, terrorist is freedom fighter, blogger is a security threat, accuse the innocent, excuse/ignore the guilty, etc. etc. etc. Keep up the drumbeat of lies to mold the mass think and the sheeple will believe anything. 1984 is just coming a few years late......

Blogs have wackos and misinformation but they are also very good sources of good information and brainstorming type of discussion. Also people who actually are in a position of knowledge can be tempted to give out information to prove a point that may be better off not disclosed. The MSM and free press have been guilty of this on many occasions as well.
Blogs and free press are generally more helpful than harmful. Caution should be taken however from both. The idea that everyone has a right to know everything is not only asinine but dangerous.

Jeff - "maybe if the article actually said bloggers were a threat ... talk about a straw man ...

So you don't consider "Bloggers reveal[ing] locations of railcars with hazardous materials" a threat?

Good thing you were in no position to vote yea or nay on the Hazardous Materials Transportation Uniform Standards Act of 1990.

Talk about a clueless man ...

The article said, "Imagined villains include hackers, bloggers and even reporters." (Emphasis mine)

Care to guess what major newspaper is most likely to have villain reporters?

Somehow I think the report that bloggers were pegged as a threat may result from some misdirection on the part of those running the simulation.

You put something absolutely inane into an otherwise serious event, and let the press find out about it. They leak it, making you look silly. This causes people to doubt your competence. That is a good thing, because among those doubting your competence are your enemies -- who proceed to underestimate you.

Can't happen? Government isn't that clever? Let me give an example. Armed marshals aboard aircraft are supposed to be wearing coat and tie. Bloggers ragged on the stupidity of the government for doing this because it made it obvious who the marshals were. Then, a few years back sky marshals actually shot a killed a passenger acting in a threatening manner. (The guy had mental problems, was off his meds, and doing a pretty good imitation of a terrorist.)

Both sky marshals were wearing casual clothing -- Hawaiian shirts according to witnesses. A few days later a memo was leaked to the press, purportedly from Homeland Security. It was a stiff note to all sky marshals, reminding them that casual clothing was unacceptable while on duty. It reminded them that they were to wear a coat and tie at all times when on duty.

Of course the whole blogsphere erupts in a chorus of "How dumb is that? Everyone will know who the sky marshals are!"

And one day, when terrorists actually try to take over an airliner, they will start by taking out some poor schmuck wearing a coat and tie -- only to get drilled by the sky marshal, who is wearing a John Deare gimmie cap, workshirt, and jeans.