Quote Originally Posted by SSG Rock
How is it that a draft copy of FM 3-24 can pop up on the internet? I know it isn't classified but I'm just kind of surprised that it can be found open source already? What website did you bump into it on?
The webpage that posted it is Secrecy News AKA Federation of American Scientists. They will post any DoD document they get their hands on. So does Global Security. Global Security's John Pike broke away from FAS to start up GS...

All it takes is one person to e-mail them a document or have it posted on an offical site, no matter how remote as they scour the Internet daily for such material.

For example: Need the updated version of the USMC Iraqi Culture Smart Card? It was posted yesterday at Secrecy News.