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In a blow to the White Wing of the nation the Pentagon has begun a program of monitoring Military Members online Social Media posts.
Now those who are about to scream about First Amendment. And after they look it up the Fourth Amendment. Posse Commitatus, and other things they know little about. Let me explain.
For decades now it has been an accepted get around of Constitutional Protections to use private companies to do things the Government is prohibited from doing. An example would be the aircraft flying over Baltimore with Cameras hanging off of them. This Ariel surveillance is perfectly legal since the company doing it is private and not a branch of the Government.
Extremist Troops in the Military will be identified and then dealt with. Although the article doesn’t say how the Servicemen will be dealt with, we can assume early discharges from their service at the very least.
Pentagon Plans to Monitor Social Media of Military Personnel for Extremist Content
The military has previously balked at surveilling service members for extremist political views due to First Amendment protections.
theintercept.com
Now those who are about to scream about First Amendment. And after they look it up the Fourth Amendment. Posse Commitatus, and other things they know little about. Let me explain.
For decades now it has been an accepted get around of Constitutional Protections to use private companies to do things the Government is prohibited from doing. An example would be the aircraft flying over Baltimore with Cameras hanging off of them. This Ariel surveillance is perfectly legal since the company doing it is private and not a branch of the Government.
Extremist Troops in the Military will be identified and then dealt with. Although the article doesn’t say how the Servicemen will be dealt with, we can assume early discharges from their service at the very least.