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\nCJCS Mark “Not Woke” Milley<\/p>\n
\nCJCS Mark “Not Woke” Milley<\/p>\n
QMC found this worth sharing with the class.<\/p>\n
ALLUM BOKHARI<\/strong><\/p>\n The U.S. Army\u2019s Protective Services Battalion (PSB), the Department of Defense\u2019s equivalent of the Secret Service, now monitors social media to see if anyone has posted negative comments about the country\u2019s highest-ranking officers. An Army procurement document from 2022 obtained by the Intercept reveals that the PSB now monitors social media for \u201cnegative sentiment\u201d about the officers under its protection, as well as for \u201cdirect, indirect, and veiled\u201d threats.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is an ongoing PSIFO\/PIB\u201d \u2014 Protective Services Field Office\/Protective Intelligence Branch \u2014 \u201crequirement to provide global protective services for senior Department of Defense (DoD) officials, adequate security in order to mitigate online threats (direct, indirect, and veiled), the identification of fraudulent accounts and positive or negative sentiment relating specifically to our senior high-risk personnel.\u201d<\/p>\n Per the report, the Army intends not just to monitor platforms for \u201cnegative sentiment,\u201d but also to pinpoint the location of posters.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nPer a report by the Intercept, the PSB\u2019s remit includes protecting officers from \u201cembarrassment,\u201d in addition to more pressing threats like kidnapping and assassination.<\/p>\n