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U.S. Army warns of Twittering terrorists
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:20:15 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: dewayne () warpspeed com (Dewayne Hendricks) Date: October 28, 2008 8:56:25 AM EDT To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <xyzzy () warpspeed com> Subject: [Dewayne-Net] U.S. Army warns of Twittering terrorists [Note: This item comes from friend Ed DeWath. DLH] From: Edward DeWath <dewath () prodigy net> Date: October 27, 2008 8:01:17 AM PDT To: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com> Subject: U.S. Army warns of Twittering terroristsThis is worth reading to the end. This is what we pay the intelligence community for. Weep. Or laugh. ~e
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. Army warns of Twittering terrorists October 26, 2008 <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10075487-83.html>The U.S. intelligence community is concerned that terrorists might use micro-blogging tool Twitter to coordinate attacks.
The report -- presented by the 304th Military Intelligence Battalion and posted to the Federation of American Scientists Web site -- examines the possible ways terrorists could use mobile and Web technologies such as the Global Positioning System, digital maps, and Twitter mashups to plan and execute terrorist attacks.
According to the draft Army intelligence report (PDF) posted on the Web:
"Twitter has become a social activism tool for human rights groups, communists, atheists, political enthusiasts, and vegetarians."
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