Agree with seymour, not with USA SOLDIER. I believe there is more to be gained from tracing out the social networks of Al-Quaeda and whoever else uses these sites, to get a general map of where everyone is and what they're thinking and planning. Let them spill their hearts and thoughts out to the internet, for everyone to view, while we watch and record, strike only when necessary, until we have enough information to bring them all down at the same time, so bad their ancestors will feel it.
Bring them down. Start monitoring search engine searches for bomb making related searches, search all worldwide sites for jihad material, bring it all down. If we disrupt their communications on the internet, it will make it more difficult to recruit in the U.S and world-wide.
seymour - 14 years ago
Weigh the cost of not being able to monitor the traffic of those web sites, and potential loss of intel against eh knee-jerk short lived satisfaction of being a "hacker" and taking down those web sites, and driving the jihadist further undercover. If the Intel and infomation operrations communities can state that the loss is worth it...take them down. I have no idea how much initel is provided by monitoring these sites, but I am sure there are some. I believee the intel failures are more related to political correctness then lack or intel. Would not want to hurt someone's feelings by reading their hate filled postings and then acting on them, now would we?
Agree with seymour, not with USA SOLDIER. I believe there is more to be gained from tracing out the social networks of Al-Quaeda and whoever else uses these sites, to get a general map of where everyone is and what they're thinking and planning. Let them spill their hearts and thoughts out to the internet, for everyone to view, while we watch and record, strike only when necessary, until we have enough information to bring them all down at the same time, so bad their ancestors will feel it.
Bring them down. Start monitoring search engine searches for bomb making related searches, search all worldwide sites for jihad material, bring it all down. If we disrupt their communications on the internet, it will make it more difficult to recruit in the U.S and world-wide.
Weigh the cost of not being able to monitor the traffic of those web sites, and potential loss of intel against eh knee-jerk short lived satisfaction of being a "hacker" and taking down those web sites, and driving the jihadist further undercover. If the Intel and infomation operrations communities can state that the loss is worth it...take them down. I have no idea how much initel is provided by monitoring these sites, but I am sure there are some. I believee the intel failures are more related to political correctness then lack or intel. Would not want to hurt someone's feelings by reading their hate filled postings and then acting on them, now would we?