When I worked on DoD projects years ago, things were obviously different. NO computer inside was ever able to communicate with the Internet.

If you brought floppies, CDs or hard drives into the facility, that's where they remained. No Media Was Ever Allowed out. None. Never. Nada.

When I worked nuclear power plants -- pretty much the same thing. Drug test and FBI check daily. No media that came in could leave. No systems could reach the Internet.

At the company facility, any DoD drives were removed at the end of your shift and locked in a safe until you checked them out the next time you needed them. They couldn't even remain in a computer if you weren't using it -- even for lunch breaks.

So, I'm surprised that as hacking attempts increase security actually decreased. Somebody really let the ball slip on this one. And, please explain how a Pentagon internal database had to have access to the Internet. That one just doesn't make any sense at all.