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  • Regular people can do intelligence

    We need more of this. All you need is the right language skills, some rudimentary technology, and a desire to make money. S.C. mom scoops al-Qaida with its videos – Yahoo! News WASHINGTON – Once her son is off to school, Laura Mansfield settles in at her dining room table with her laptop and begins…

  • State Department engaging

     Finally seem to be trying to engage people where they live instead of with goofball fake programs that Karen Hughes is working. At State Dept., Blog Team Joins Muslim Debate – New York Times WASHINGTON — Walid Jawad was tired of all the chatter on Middle Eastern blogs and Internet forums in praise of gory…

  • Economics in terrorism

    Money trumps religion. Money fuels terrorism in South Asia, says Dhaka daily : Asia World Dhaka, Sep 17 – ‘Huge sums of money’ are being used to push youth in South Asia towards religious fundamentalism and terrorism, a Dhaka daily has said while calling for neutralising the source of terror funding. ‘Religious fundamentalist groups which…

  • Dark Web

    The content is there; let’s use it. nsf.gov – News – Scientists Use the “Dark Web” to Snag Extremists and Terrorists Online – US National Science Foundation (NSF) Terrorists and extremists have set up shop on the Internet, using it to recruit new members, spread propaganda and plan attacks across the world. The size and…

  • CTA Alerts-style system could ahve saved lives at Virginia Tech

     The official line on the Virginia Tech report is that the University should have alerted people earlier. But the fact is that some plain-old electronic rumor-mongering and unofficial rush-to-post twittering would have done the trick, too. Report: V. Tech could have saved lives :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Nation Had university officials not waited more than…