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If it's the latter, well I'd call to your attention that these folks are making a solid effort to maintain their secrecy. They don't WANT to be outed, so they make annonymous postings on websites. Is this the fault of the U.S. military Geggy, or maybe George Bush?
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But... it's incredibly easy to make anonymous postings on the web (if you are a supar haceker like me), and military life provides for the formation of close interpersonal bonds that make it easy for such things to stay secret. How exactly does that constitute a "solid effort"? Not to mention the fact that there is absolutely no incentive for outing onesself as a member of a revolutionary extremist organization, and if there is, it's undoubtedly outweighed by disincentives.
Just because the military isn't actively pursuing members of radical organizations doesn't mean they're gonna ignore one who falls into their lap. Such people are usually dangerously individualistic, anyway.
The problem is mainly one of poor or lazy screening. Recruiters are supposed to get written statements when a potential recruit has more than a certain number of tattoos that such body art is not gang-related. Ultimately, it falls upon the recruiter to not falsify or whitewash such documents or others regarding criminal records, drug use, medical problems, etc. After the recruit becomes an enlistee, the state of affairs reverts to the familiar "don't ask don't tell."