11.09.2015 - 09:15 [ Techdirt ]

US Counterterrorism Official Says US Is ‚The Angel Of Death‘ And Should Be Target Killing ISIS Tweeters

A few weeks ago there was a fair bit of controversy after a US drone-strike killed an ISIS „hacker“ who was, among other things, popular on Twitter. While US officials tried to paint him as a much bigger deal behind the scenes, some are now admitting that he was just noisy online. ABC News is reporting on the supposed internal debate among US counterterrorism officials concerning how to best deal with ISIS Twitter users. Some are arguing that these guys are small time annoyances, while others are arguing that we should just straight up kill ISIS tweeters. This next quote is fairly incredible.

“We are the angel of death. This war is a propaganda war too. Why only limit it to military leaders?“