ISIS Is Watching U.S. Military Members and Their Families on Social Media
Helle Dale / @Helledale / December 02, 2014
Are U.S. military members at risk on social media?
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security this weekend jointly issued the strongest warning yet for U.S. servicemen to scrub their accounts on Facebook, Twitter and other social media.
As reported by Fox News’s Catherine Herridge, the FBI and DHS are warning against posting information that could put members of the U.S. armed forces and their families at risk for attack from supporters of ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria).
The bulletin said the FBI believes “individuals overseas are spotting and assessing like-minded individuals who are willing and capable of conducting attacks against current and former U.S.-based members of the United States military.”
The threat is real, though it has manifested itself only in small numbers so far. In Canada, two soldiers guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier were killed in October and the gunman opened fire on the Canadian parliament.