Who they're spying on

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: h_bray () globe com
Date: June 7, 2006 11:11:09 AM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Who they're spying on

In all the fuss about the NSA spying issue, it's sometimes forgotten  
that
there are real bad guys out there, who badly need to be spied on.   
Here's a
story that makes the point, from today's London Times.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2214663,00.html


 British computer whiz-kid exports
 terror via internet
 By Daniel McGrory
 An e-mail trail has led to the arrest
 of suspects across the world who were
 recruited and then schooled in
 bombmaking





 AN INTERNET trail left by a British
 computer expert has led investigators
 to an intricate terror network
 spreading from the backstreets of
 Baghdad through cells of young
 militants living in European capitals
 to Islamic extremists plotting
 car-bomb attacks in North America.


 For nine months police and
 intelligence agents in eight countries
 have patiently worked through a forest
 of e-mails and intercepted telephone
 calls that have so far led to the
 arrest of up to 30 men.


 Most of these suspects have never met.
 They had no need. They were recruited,
 groomed by skilled propagandists and
 schooled in bombmaking via the
 internet.


 A senior security source told The
 Times that there is a far greater
 number of terror networks operating in
 Britain than had been thought, all
 using the internet to plot attacks
 here and abroad.







Hiawatha Bray



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