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2019-12-20 Home Front: WoT

Pentagon Announces Plans to Monitor Foreign Trainees' Social Media Posts

[Mil.com] The Pentagon has completed re-screening all Saudi students in U.S. military training programs following a deadly Dec. 6 shooting rampage at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Defense Department officials announced Thursday.

No indications of additional threats have surfaced, they said.

Moving forward, DoD plans to increase vetting practices for for Saudi Arabian and other foreign nationals in training at military bases in the U.S., including checks of their social media posts.

The recent screenings included about a dozen friends of 21-year-old Saudi Royal Air Force 2nd Lt. Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, who was shot to death by a sheriff's deputy after killing three and injuring eight others in a classroom building at NAS Pensacola.

In a statement read in a conference call with reporters, Garry Reid, the director for Defense Intelligence, said the department ran all of the approximately 850 Saudi students currently in military training in the U.S. through databases and found "no information indicating an immediate threat scenario."

Posted by Besoeker 2019-12-20 07:40|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top

#1 Maybe Trump should announce shifting the ⭔ to Wyoming. Let the idiots resign and then promote men with actual smarts to these jobs.

If you ended the program for muslim nations, seriously none of those countries could object to it. They would have to understand. It is not America's sacred duty to arm its own attackers.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-12-20 08:06|| 2019-12-20 08:06|| Front Page Top

#2 ....850 Saudi students currently in military training in the U.S. through databases and found "no information indicating an immediate threat scenario."

Probably wouldn't have found any "immediate threats" had the database scan been run six months ago either.

The problem isn't your dog's habitual scratching and biting at his coat, it's the fleas.

DoD is pretty much powerless and attempting to pick this one up from the clean end. Important to remember, the FBI has responsibility for domestic terrorism. They appear to have been consumed with other matters in the last few years.

Letting the gad guys know you're monitoring their social media was probably not a wise decision.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-12-20 08:35|| 2019-12-20 08:35|| Front Page Top

#3 Why were they not doing this before?!?!?!?

Posted by DarthVader 2019-12-20 08:54|| 2019-12-20 08:54|| Front Page Top

#4 Why are we training these people at all?

Posted by Lex 2019-12-20 10:09|| 2019-12-20 10:09|| Front Page Top

#5 Letting the gad guys know you're monitoring their social media was probably not a wise decision.

Idiots.

Why were they not doing this before?!?!?!?

Idiots

"Hey, everyone! The picnic is on for Sunday @15:00
I'll bring the steaks
Mohamed A brings pickles
Mohamed B brings potato salad
Abu brings chips"

That all sounds very innocent, right?

the department ran all (Saudi students) and found "no information indicating an immediate threat scenario."

Rant about markers for Sudden Jihad Syndrome saved for another day.

Posted by SteveS 2019-12-20 10:12|| 2019-12-20 10:12|| Front Page Top

#6 ^ Shitshow Part 221

Posted by Lex 2019-12-20 10:36|| 2019-12-20 10:36|| Front Page Top

#7 I don't see how lex keeps up with the shitshow numbers

Posted by chris 2019-12-20 10:49|| 2019-12-20 10:49|| Front Page Top

#8 ^ automatically resets when the counter hits 1000

Posted by Lex 2019-12-20 10:57|| 2019-12-20 10:57|| Front Page Top

#9 here's a bold strategy: ask them if they believe the 'Holy' koran.

sure, you'll get a bunch lying for islam, but cutting them on the basis of their answer to this question would be a good start.

we had de-Nazification, de-Baathification, I think we can get the stones for a full scale de-Islamification

Posted by Bob Grorong1136 2019-12-20 12:26|| 2019-12-20 12:26|| Front Page Top

#10 We shoulda kept the Ba'athists and de-Islamified Iraqi

Posted by Lex 2019-12-20 13:09|| 2019-12-20 13:09|| Front Page Top

#11 #10 Both Saudi King and Israeli PM told you so.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-12-20 16:59|| 2019-12-20 16:59|| Front Page Top

#12 😕

Posted by Lex 2019-12-20 17:06|| 2019-12-20 17:06|| Front Page Top

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