Air Force intel uses ISIS 'moron' post to track fighters

[Zorro]

Source: CNN

Although ISIS is known for using social media for recruitment purposes, U.S. Air Force intelligence has been using it to track down Islamic State militants, according to Gen. Hawk Carlisle, commander of Air Combat Command.

"These guys that are working down at Hurlburt (Florida), they're combing through social media. And they see some moron standing at this command and control capability for Da'Esh, ISIL. These guys go, 'ah we got an in,'" Carlisle said at a speech in Arlington, Virginia, on Monday.

Twenty-two hours after seeing the post, U.S. warplanes went in for the kill.

"Long story short...three JDAMs take the entire building out," Carlisle said in the speech to the Air Force Association.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/05/politics/air-force-isis-moron-twitter/index.html

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Oops!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. Additional "oops": boasting about how it was done. NT

[drm604]

2. I was thinking the same thing.

Don't publicly point out the enemy's mistakes. They'll stop making them.

[PersonNumber503602]

8. They probably figure they get more gains by having ISIS cut back on its social media exposure

because they feel it's too risky. Plus it's also hard to control what every single ISIS-dummy does. I doubt ISIS has a very well defined information technology usage policy that they make everyone follow.

[A Simple Game]

9. Or even worse, start staging them in unrelated buildings on purpose

so we can win some more hearts and minds.

[cosmicone]

3. It actually makes ISIS not use social media as much

nice disinformation campaign

[jamzrockz]

4. I have been waiting for a long time

for those clowns to be banned on twitter. Anything to make their devilish ideology from reaching potential member is good. Let them please shut it all down, the twitter accounts, the facebook postings, the English magazine. Please ISIS end it all now.

[PersonNumber503602]

6. I'm pretty sure twitter removes them as soon as they become aware

I was attempting to rile one up a ways back, and then the guy I was poking with a stick has his account disappeared by the twitter terrorist disposal team.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

5. I picture them posed all "gangsta".

[alp227]

7. Darwin Award. nt

[Major Nikon]

10. Photo bomb?

[Jesus Malverde]

11. Meta data it doesn't show much I've been told here..nt

[Sunlei]

12. they attacked a cell phone.