Imagine a threat intelligence report that concludes, ‘The target is three hops away, therefore it is the correct one.’ This is the method the Pentagon reportedly uses today: not only to identify targets, but also to justify and execute strikes.
🔗 https://theweek.com/politics/pentagon-name-boat-strike-casualties
Remember the tertiary people contacted and referenced in some interception cases in intelligence:
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/three-hops-and-you-re-out/
Now it’s actually direct strikes on the tertiary people.
