UK.gov £12bn comms überdatabase ‘wouldn’t spot terrorists’: “ Influential US report says data mining ineffective A heavyweight US investigation of counter-terror databases has concluded that the type of intelligence mining proposed by UK spy chiefs…
Palmtop computer stolen from open window in M15 hideout: “A handheld computer containing secret intelligence documents about terrorism has been stolen through the open window of an MI5 hideout, in what appeared a fresh British…
MI6 photos ‘sold on auction site’: “Police are probing the sale of a digital camera said to contain MI6 images, the Foreign Office confirms.” (Via BBC News.)
Net Suicide Bill would breathe life into government censorship: “ Protecting us from ourselves Government moves to reduce the availability of suicide sites on the internet may herald a new era of online censorship in…
Teenager detained in terror trial: “Britain’s youngest Islamist terrorist is sentenced to two years in a young offenders’ institution” 19.09.2008 Britain’s youngest Islamist terrorist has been sentenced to two years in a young offenders’ institution….
Qaida’s Propaganda Sites, Smacked Down: “Al-Qaida’s once-robust online propaganda network has taken a major hit. The release of a 9/11 anniversary video was delayed by nearly a week. And one of the most-popular video-distribution sites…
FOXNews.com – YouTube Yanks Radical Islamist Videos After Lieberman’s Complaint Thursday, September 11, 2008 YouTube has heeded the call to stop featuring radical Islamists’ video clips. “Google’s community guidelines for YouTube will now bar videos…
GCHQ ‘monitored Omagh bomb calls’: “The UK’s electronic intelligence agency monitored phone calls between the Omagh bombers, the BBC’s Panorama reports.” (Via BBC News.)
The internet smokescreen | open Democracy News Analysis By Tim Stevens, 21 – 08 – 2008 Despite the convictions of three British Muslims for accumulating and transmiting terrorist material online, the internet should not become…
Insights into the Cyber-Jihad: Tracking the Terrorists Online: “For years, al-Qaida and other terror groups have set up shop in the Internet. Those who track them have covertly followed. The companies SITE and IntelCenter have…