Inevitable
Well, it finally happened. The company I work for has banned picture capable phones from all sites. Everyone will have to surrender their phone to security upon entry to the facility. This also implies that you will not be able to leave the phone in your car in most cases because the parking lots are inside the gate. I have been waiting for this memo.
The next thing I'm waiting for are the mass layoffs as a result of outsourcing that the company has assured us we will not feel. Also inevitable in my humble opinion. But, I'm not bitter.

Wild Wild Middle East
The New York Times has an article on the contractors working for the coalition in Iraq. I'm reading this article and thinking "Ye-gads! this sounds like a massive pile of kindling ready to light." It sounds like there are many groups of people and companies from different countries all trying to work together. They are paid by the companies that need security. Some of the companies complain they didn't realize the security needs when calculating the contract costs. Some of the contractors are under supplied and under trained security guards. Some are ex-special forces. Some quit the special forces to take the higher pay of the contract.
One thing that sounds interesting is the different companies are clawing and scratching to get some order to things. Normally, they don't have motivation to communicate and agree on rules. Getting a phone call from your men in the field asking for backup and listening to them die on the phone because there is none must be a good motivator.