"Homeland Security Department may soon start" looking for terrorists online?!?
I have every agency and their mother looking at my site but they are thinking about maybe looking for terrorists online, WTF?!? Apparently the American people are more of a danger to America then terrorists, WTF?!? This proves Bush has sh^t falling out of his mouth when he speaks of terror and we are supposed to hold our breath until the one who causes it is able to stop it, WTF?!?
Gandolfo
RE: Feds consider searches of terrorism blogs
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From: JERM
Date: Dec 26, 2008 1:04 AM
'CONSIDER'?
JERM
By Thomas Frank, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security Department may soon start scouring the Internet to find blogs and message boards that terrorists use to plan attacks in the USA.
The effort comes as researchers are seeing terrorists increasingly use the Internet to plan bombings, recruit members and spread propaganda. "Blogging and message boards have played a substantial role in allowing communication among those who would do the United States harm," the department said in a recent notice.
Homeland Security officials are looking for companies to search the Internet for postings "in near to real-time which precede" an attack, particularly a bombing. Bombings are "of great concern" because terrorists can easily get materials and make an improvised-explosive device (IED), the department said.
"There is a lot of IED information generated by terrorists everywhere — websites, forums, people telling you where to buy fertilizer and how to plant IEDs," said Hsinchun Chen, director of the University of Arizona's Artificial Intelligence Lab. Chen's "Dark Web" research project has found 500,000,000 terrorist pages and postings, including tens of thousands that discuss IEDs.
Chen and others aren't sure how helpful blogs and message boards will be in uncovering planned attacks.
"I just can't envision a scenario where somebody posts to a message board, 'I'm getting ready to launch an IED at this location,' and the government will find that," said terrorism analyst Matt Devost. A lot of postings about attacks are "fantasy, almost role-playing," Devost said.
Internet searches are used routinely by government agencies, such as the Defense Department, in gathering intelligence, said Chip Ellis of the Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism.
The searches use methods similar to a Google query and can be helpful in uncovering the latest IED technology, Ellis said.
Steven Aftergood, an intelligence expert at the Federation of American Scientists, praised Homeland Security for "trying to develop innovative approaches" and said its effort would not jeopardize privacy because the department would be scanning public websites.
The department, which declined comment, has made no decision about using Internet searches and is reviewing statements that companies submitted last month describing their ability to do the searches.
http://www. usatoday. com/news/washington/2008-12-23-terrorblogs_N. htm
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From: JERM
Date: Dec 25, 2008 12:38 PM
"You're either with us or against us."
Thanx: Donna
Date: Dec 25, 2008 12:02 PM
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Fox News defeats the Facebook jihad
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From: JERM
Date: Dec 23, 2008 11:33 PM
hmmmmmmmmmm
WHAT THE FAUX?! :
"Are you concerned that some people susceptible to being radicalized could be radicalized?" asked Fox News host Brian Kilmeade.
"Well, yeah," said Mowbray. "Look, you can poke someone, you can send someone a message, you can try to find people that look like low-hanging fruit.
MORE:
http://rawstory. com/news/2008/Fox_takes_credit_for_stopping_Facebook_1223. html
Gandolfo
RE: Feds consider searches of terrorism blogs
----------------- Bulletin Message -----------------
From: JERM
Date: Dec 26, 2008 1:04 AM
'CONSIDER'?
JERM
By Thomas Frank, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security Department may soon start scouring the Internet to find blogs and message boards that terrorists use to plan attacks in the USA.
The effort comes as researchers are seeing terrorists increasingly use the Internet to plan bombings, recruit members and spread propaganda. "Blogging and message boards have played a substantial role in allowing communication among those who would do the United States harm," the department said in a recent notice.
Homeland Security officials are looking for companies to search the Internet for postings "in near to real-time which precede" an attack, particularly a bombing. Bombings are "of great concern" because terrorists can easily get materials and make an improvised-explosive device (IED), the department said.
"There is a lot of IED information generated by terrorists everywhere — websites, forums, people telling you where to buy fertilizer and how to plant IEDs," said Hsinchun Chen, director of the University of Arizona's Artificial Intelligence Lab. Chen's "Dark Web" research project has found 500,000,000 terrorist pages and postings, including tens of thousands that discuss IEDs.
Chen and others aren't sure how helpful blogs and message boards will be in uncovering planned attacks.
"I just can't envision a scenario where somebody posts to a message board, 'I'm getting ready to launch an IED at this location,' and the government will find that," said terrorism analyst Matt Devost. A lot of postings about attacks are "fantasy, almost role-playing," Devost said.
Internet searches are used routinely by government agencies, such as the Defense Department, in gathering intelligence, said Chip Ellis of the Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism.
The searches use methods similar to a Google query and can be helpful in uncovering the latest IED technology, Ellis said.
Steven Aftergood, an intelligence expert at the Federation of American Scientists, praised Homeland Security for "trying to develop innovative approaches" and said its effort would not jeopardize privacy because the department would be scanning public websites.
The department, which declined comment, has made no decision about using Internet searches and is reviewing statements that companies submitted last month describing their ability to do the searches.
http://www. usatoday. com/news/washington/2008-12-23-terrorblogs_N. htm
Attention Truth Bloggers
----------------- Bulletin Message -----------------
From: JERM
Date: Dec 25, 2008 12:38 PM
"You're either with us or against us."
Thanx: Donna
Date: Dec 25, 2008 12:02 PM
A WARNING TO ALL TRUTH BLOGGERS
Thanks to John Broken Eagle for posting
----------------------------------------
Fox News defeats the Facebook jihad
----------------- Bulletin Message -----------------
From: JERM
Date: Dec 23, 2008 11:33 PM
hmmmmmmmmmm
WHAT THE FAUX?! :
"Are you concerned that some people susceptible to being radicalized could be radicalized?" asked Fox News host Brian Kilmeade.
"Well, yeah," said Mowbray. "Look, you can poke someone, you can send someone a message, you can try to find people that look like low-hanging fruit.
MORE:
http://rawstory. com/news/2008/Fox_takes_credit_for_stopping_Facebook_1223. html
posted by Gandolfo at 12/26/2008
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