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I Really Hope the U.S. Isn’t Using X to Decide Who to Bomb | A new report suggests that OSINT accounts on social media may play a role when it comes to who the U.S. decides to kill.
A new report suggests that OSINT accounts on social media may play a role when it comes to who the U.S. decides to kill.
The U.S. has been carrying out a bombing campaign in Yemen in recent months, as part of an aggressive effort to target militant Houthi rebels who have sworn a vendetta against Israel’s actions in Gaza. To be sure, it may be a mere coincidence that the amateur sleuths identified the location before CENTCOM struck it, but the account used for the Sana’a strike is known to officials in the military, increasing the potential likelihood that it was relied on—at least, in part—for the tragic targeting. Hegseth, who previously served as a Fox News personality, was humiliated last month after accidentally texting war plans involving the Houthis to the head editor of The Atlantic.
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