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April 9, 2009

Be our guests: terrorist websites hosted in US

Filed under: Cybersecurity,Terrorist Threats & Attacks — by Philip J. Palin on April 9, 2009

US web companies are popular hosts for terrorist Internet sites and operations. According to this morning’s Washington Post, “Intelligence officials and private experts cite dozens of instances in which Islamist militants sought out U.S. Internet firms — known for their reliable service and easy terms that allow virtual anonymity — and used them to incite attacks on Americans.”

Eben Kaplan of the Council on Foreign Relations has authored a helpful backgrounder on Terrorists and the Internet.

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Comment by William R. Cumming

April 9, 2009 @ 8:34 am

Huge issues. I come down on the side of disruption and prevention of hostile use of the internet. Question is what is hostile? I think the line drawing can be tough but where actually bragging over deaths of American military is occurring correctly or not it seems that a strategy of disruption is appropriate!

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