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FBI To Use Ad Banners to Find Criminals

Posted by chrisd on from the flash-popups-to-follow dept.

PhuptDuck writes "Federal authorities are pursuing fugitive crime boss James 'Whitey' Bulger in cyber space under a first-of-its kind agreement announced Wednesday between the FBI and Web portal Terra-Lycos. With a presence in 42 countries and in 19 languages, Terra Lycos is known for the worldwide scope of its Web presence."

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  1. The FBI doesn't want to find Bulger by swm · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The FBI doesn't want to find Bulger (his testimony would be too embarrasing), so they are posting wanted ads in a medium (web banner ads) that is known not to work.

    It all makes sense.