All Defense Dept. personnel now subject to 'continuous vetting' designed to spot extremists
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All Department of Defense personnel will now have to go through 'continuous vetting' and may soon be subject to surveillance of their social media posts
The new policy will look to improve the security clearance process for DOD personnel, who are currently subject to an initial investigation but do not have follow-up investigation performed for five or more years. The new system will look to automatically raise flags if new information pops up between checks, such as when someone has been arrested.
The new policy also comes as the DOD has sought ways to combat extremist views in the military, after it was revealed that one of every five defendants in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots had served in the military.
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