The audit — which analyzed 224 applications out of 193,702 from July 2021 to January 2022 — discovered instances where screening mechanisms, including interviews, questionnaires, tattoo reviews, fingerprint checks, and background investigations, were performed haphazardly, or not at all. The lax oversight has likely allowed avowed extremists and gang members to enlist in the military without scrutiny. And some may currently serve within the armed forces with access to firearms and classified intelligence, which increases “the potential for future security risks and disruptions to good order, morale, and discipline,” the Defense Department’s inspector general found. US military recruiters consistently fail...
Monitoring Antisemitism Intel
