By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
As ISIS turns more to social media to recruit future terrorists, the Justice Department made clear that it would prosecute people who help the extremists spread the message, The Daily Beast reports.
What remains unclear is where the government where draw the line between free speech and support of a terrorist group.
Intelligence experts say ISIS’ propaganda campaign, which includes posting beheading videos, has been at least partly effective.
John Carlin, the assistant attorney general for national security, said social media has provided “essentially a free form of communication that you can use to plot and plan.”
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