The Biden Pentagon’s new Counter Extremism Working Group (CEWG) is planning to surveil members of the military’s social media accounts for “extremism” using a private surveillance firm in order to circumvent First Amendment restrictions on government monitoring, according to a recent report.
Babel Street is currently the frontrunner for private surveillance firms the Pentagon is considering, the Intercept reported Tuesday.
The firm buys bulk cellular location data and sells it to federal government agencies, including the Secret Service, to bypass surveillance warrant requirements, according to the report.
The Pentagon announced in April it would look into screening service members and recruits’ social media accounts, as Breitbart News has reported.
Not a lawyer, but it seems that hiring an agent to do your work still encumbers you. Hiring a burglar makes you accessory to a crime, and even if they never burglarize, you are part of a conspiracy to do so. Since you were the genesis for the plot, you carry a larger burden.
Discuss.