The FBI has issued a new warning to active-duty uniformed military personnel cautioning them not to make it obvious that they are active-duty uniformed military personnel, particularly online.
The warning cites the attack in Ottawa, Canada last month, and warns ISIS may be trying to recruit Americans to attack soldiers, and could use social media to figure out who they are.
“We certainly do know that ISIS monitor social media,” warned Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby, and the warning cautioned soldiers to “scrub” their social media accounts of any references to their military service.
The Army had offered some similar warnings to troops back in October. The new warnings, like the old ones, don’t cite any specific intelligence of an imminent threat, but underscore the increasing concern that ISIS’ reach extends to the US homeland.
And here I am thinking I'm about to read a story about the FBI being truly concerned for military personnel and issuing this warning in order to help make it that much harder for would-be terrorists to identify soldiers and hit them in their off-duty hours or some such protective measure.
BUT NOOOOOOOooooooooo- it's to make it harder for terrorists to recruit our soldiers! As if our men and women aren't smart enough to see when they're being poked and prodded for their thoughts and information that would indicate they are potential turncoats.
So it's not about protecting our soldiers at all- it's to keep them from falling prey to potential propaganda. I wonder, though, whose propaganda they're in more danger from- our or theirs?
So, every time TPTB "salute" some veteran at a sporting event, especially a televised sporting event, and make them stand up and wave to the adoring, worshiping crowds – their faces and names clearly identifiable – these "warriors" are put at risk. Any chance they (TPTB) put a stop to this as being unsafe?
@Caesar_Saladin – try re-reading the article again…ISIS is not recruiting soldiers but other like-minded malcontents who will/can attack military members.
Are US military bases also supposed to disguise themselves? All an ISIS recruiter would have to do is hang out in any of the bars / strip joints conveniently located outside almost every military base, and look for the guys with close cropped hair. Perhaps the FBI will suggest wearing wigs, or cross dressing, as the solution to that problem.
All pure propaganda, all designed to fool our troops into thinking their really doing some good, by killing people in our wars of aggression and plunder.
The best is the part about “We certainly do know that ISIS monitor social media,” as if all the revelations of Edward Snowden for the last year and a half never occurred. As if we are not aware that the very people who are peddling this nonsense are they themselves monitoring everybody and everything all the time. If they lied to you about WMD in Iraq, why would you possibly believe anything these people have to tell you? Pure propaganda? How obvious does if have to be?
god bless America.
YOU can run but cannot hide.