Talk:Camp Mirage

message: I am not a "Selected Individual" in the sense of the Security of Information Act nor have I acquired information about the location of Camp Mirage through access to such individuals, through the accidental or intentional receipt of safeguarded communications, or through espionage.  My only knowledge of the subject comes through reading public information services that are neither censored in Canada nor generally elsewhere.  I am not in Canada, nor are the Wikipedia servers; nor is it clear that I would be under any obligation if I or the servers were in Canada. 
If the Canadian government isn't going to shut down the Globe and Mail for disclosing the location of Camp Mirage, they sure aren't going to shut down Wikipedia.  Nor is any person subject to the Security of Information Act under a positive obligation to prevent the distribution of this information once it has been disclosed to the public.  Nor is the Department of National Defense empowered to undertake legal enforcement actions or censor media under the Security of Information Act or any other act against civilian Canadians or foreign citizens on Canadian soil or elsewhere by other means than through the civilian courts and police.
This information is avaiable easily by googling "Camp Mirage".  So, no person, Canadian or otherwise, could conceivably be hindering Canadian security through this disclosure.
--134.58.253.114 10:44, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Restoring location information 

message: Commentor MapleLeafRoundrel claiming to be a member of CF wrote the following comments to thi snews story on http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/07/05/soldier-dead.html It IS, however, the main support base for [Canadian] forces in Afghanistan. Virtually everything (people and equipent)(sic) that goes to Kandahar stages by air through [Camp] Mirage first (and often is off-loaded from Airbus or C-17 aircraft and onto CC-130 Hercules tactical transports. there for the run up to Afghanistan. 2) The reason the location of Camp Mirage is not officially acknowledged (yes, of course, anyone can find out where it is if you do a bit of Google research) is that that is how the Host Nation WANTS it, and we are guests there, so these no-official-disclosure rules must apply. 
Commentor Rick K wrote the following comments: Regarding the location of Camp Mirage and the restrictions on the media: what does everyone expect? I was on the team that set up Mirage on OP APOLLO Roto 0 and the location was not publically discussed as the representatives from the host nation wished it that way. It is their country and we are there at their pleasure. Their political situation (domestic and foreign) can only be stressed by repeated reminders that they are hosting a western military force. 
Regarding embedded journalists: they get access which exposes them to an host of inside information which could only hurt military operations in the area if it were disclosed publically. The reporting restrictions under which they operate are well known. If the Canadian public wishes to have any intimate reporting of the CF's activities in Afghanistan then the restrictions imposed under operational security concerns must be respected. I fully acknowledge that this is a form of military censorship of the reporting. As our opponents also read the reports that are made, the only other option is to prevent any reporting at all. Journalistic access like we have back home is an unrealistic expectation given the location and the hazards. 
As a nation, albeit with many dissenters, we have committed forces to battle overseas. It is the duty of the CF and the government to best support this effort in order to maximize the opportunity for success and minimize the risks to those who must carry out the assigned tasks. It is also the responsibility of our citizens to continue to question decisions made to ensure that our personnel and resourses are not squandered. Shadesofgrey (talk) 18:46, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Function and secrecy 

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