The journalist IMO, was trying to sensationalise the article.
Adding words that give the wrong impression to readers is as good
as editing photographs to make the situation worse than it actually
is.
To clarify:
1. No training area with dirt paths and vegetation can possibly be
in camp. So technically speaking, the camera phone is not IN
camp.
2. The M-16 is a rifle. Not a machine-gun. A rifle just doesn't
sound as serious or dangerous as a machine gun does it? By terming
it a "Machine-gun" clip, is IMO, sensationalising the
article.
Also, some clips found on youtube at some times, were made with
expressed permission by unit superiors. I honestly find the way the
journalist tried to make the situation more serious than it
actually is, distasteful. By the way, 44 clips generated by the
search at youtube, also includes videos made by mindef itseful,
videos that were taken at change of guard ceremonies at Istana, or
just personal videos of some friends in the army. Its NOT AS
SERIOUS AS IT SOUNDS!
Major security breach? No. Stop evading the issue that the real
problem is the lack of discipline in the soldiers today. I have yet
to see a home-made video by NSFs or NSman that gives away any
classified information, or doctrine in SAF operations, hence there
is no security breach. What I see is blatant disregard for
regulations in place, which is a disciplinary problem rather than a
security issue.
Security breach sounds more cool than disciplinary issues doesn't
it?
I agree with mindef. It's not funny. So address the issue, which is
the lack of discipline and disregard for regulations rather than
Security breach.
Writer of article should re-examine his viewpoint.
