Halutz to officers: Don't talk to media without authorization

"Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz, IDF's Chief of General Staff, chose to focus a Monday night military missive - his first since the onset of the conflict in Lebanon - on the topic of media relations. Halutz called upon officers not to agree to interviews without prior authorization with the IDF spokesperson's office, a request that he says is intended to protect military intelligence information. However, it may be that this is also an attempt to silence internal dissent. "