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More on Terrorists and the Internet

The threat of terrorists spreading information online may be overstated by those who assume that the information is accurate and useable, when that might not be the case. Kyle Johnson sent me a short bit from Secrecy News in response to Terrorists and the Internet:

"Among other things, al Qaeda and its offshoots are building a massive and dynamic online library of training materials," the Post reported, and offered sample documents from this library on its own web site.

But contrary to the Post story line, the cited library materials suggest a startling lack of technical competence. Unfortunately, the Post did not critically examine the materials that it presented.

jon posted this at 3:07 PM
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Funny how we're cavorting around in the desert while Al Qaeda expands all over the planet. I guess the Administration needed an enemy to make us forget Enron. Now, phoenix programs, use of torture and the "Salvador Option." The same old mistakes, they just flat do not learn. Coincidentally, a Salvadoran paramilitary gang with connections to Bin Laden has 5000 members in DC alone. But the band plays on.

You may be interested in a few blog articles I've written about arms proliferation and paramilitary gang activity on the Mexican border. The Nuevo Laredo situation is interesting in light of the US sweep netting over 600 suspected members of the gang MS-13, founders of which were members of the guerrilla army in El Salvador in the 1980s. They also have connections with Al Qaeda.

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Posted by: jeremiah | August 8, 2005 4:07 PM