Warnings from the Pentagon that retired senior military personnel who had served in Iraq and Syria and who now live in Florida could be targets, must be taken seriously, retired U.S. Army Col. John Mills said on Newsmax on Sunday. 

“If the Pentagon’s going to put out a warning like this, there is a lot of staff work, analysis, and intelligence behind it, so they just don’t lightly put this out,” Mills, a former director of cybersecurity policy for the Department of Defense, told “Wake Up America.” “I would be vigilant.”

Last week, the U.S. Army Special Operations Command alerted retired special forces veterans living in Florida that they could be targeted by terrorists. 

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