Bad Judgement
Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2015 10:52 am
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/m ... -1.2247912‘Moron’ terrorist leads U.S. troops to ISIS headquarters after posting selfie on social media
“moron” terrorist took a selfie in front of ISIS headquarters — leading the U.S. Air Force straight to its doorstep.
U.S. airstrike destroyed the building less than a day after airmen based in Florida spotted the incriminating post on social media, Gen. Hawk Carlisle, commander of Air Combat Command, said Monday.
"The (airmen are) combing through social media and they see some moron standing at this command," he said, according to the Air Force Times.
The post included details about the command center’s location, and the selfie-taker was “bragging about command and control capabilities” with the Islamic State, Carlisle said.
The single selfie started an investigation. Within a day, the airmen pinpointed the building’s location, which was not disclosed, on a map and launched JDAMs — a type of guided bomb.
“And these guys go ‘ah, we got an in.’ So they do some work, long story short, about 22 hours later through that very building, three JDAMs take that entire building out. Through social media. It was a post on social media. Bombs on target in 22 hours,” Carlisle said.
He continued: “It was incredible work, and incredible airmen doing this sort of thing.”
Well General Carlisle, I don't think this guy was the only "moron" damaging his cause by "bragging"...
If we're able to gain actionable intelligence because a terrorist is stupid enough to provide it on social media, that fact is certainly not something to make public, no matter how much you may want to crow about it...
You can betcher boots that the command structure of ISIS will now put a much tighter lid on how its fighters use social media and provide them with very strict guidelines so that similar screw ups are avoided in the future; thanks to the General's decision to blab about it...
