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| Subject: 12 National Guard members removed from inauguration duty, including two for 'inappropriate' comments Tue Jan 19, 2021 11:04 pm | |
| The FBI has been screening all service members involved with the inauguration amid growing security concerns.
Twelve National Guard members were removed from inauguration duty, including two for “inappropriate” comments or texts, a Pentagon spokesman told reporters in a phone briefing Tuesday.
“We have two individuals that were identified as making inappropriate comments or texts,” said spokesperson Jonathan Hoffman.
One was removed after fellow troops brought the member's comments to the attention of guard officers. Another was pulled out after an anonymous tip, he said.
The FBI has been screening all service members involved with President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday amid growing security concerns.
Hoffman declined to say what the nature of the comments were or whether the comments or messages related to far-right or similar extremist groups.
“Let me be clear: Extremism is not tolerated in any branch of the U.S. military," said Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau.
.https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/12-national-guard-members-removed-inauguration-duty-including-two-inappropriate-n1254772 _________________ Anarcho-Capitalist, AnCaps Forum, Ancapolis, OZschwitz Contraband “The state calls its own violence law, but that of the individual, crime.”-- Max Stirner "Remember: Evil exists because good men don't kill the government officials committing it." -- Kurt Hofmann |
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