Does anyone else feel that this age of instant information is not always positive, especially for those in the military and law enforcement?

SFC(P) (Join to see) In this day and age of NSA electronic surveillance, satellites, computer hacking, etc I don't see any secrecy in military movements, resources or other assets, with perhaps the exception of submarines. Gone are the days, I believe, of secret deployments of carriers, airplanes, troops etc, notwithstanding any operational security imposed on SMs or local news black-outs. Our enemies, starting with our allies, and anyone else with modern technology probably knows the whereabouts of every Naval ship, AF bomber, or other military asset from ballistic missiles on down and keep track of them on a daily basis.

Absolutely! Military Operations do not need to be front page news. As it is, the media broadcast troop movements and tell the bad guys we are coming or leaving.. and they can pull back till the strategy is not effective and then show back up. Yes, instantaneous transfer of information can be a bad bad thing.

You are entirely correct. Essentially at this point the media shapes how people think. Look at the recent incident with President Obama bowing in Japan during his visit, this would not have been an issue if media didn't make it an issue thusly leading to seemingly millions of Americans being outraged against this. Instant information isn't necessarily the problem here, it is the fact that the media responsible for putting this information out shapes that information before people even have a chance to formulate their own unique opinions on it.