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CIA Pursues Anti-Terrorism Videogame

Posted by simoniker on from the dangerous-deadly-elite dept.

Thanks to the Washington Times for their story revealing the CIA is developing a videogame aimed at helping its analysts think like terrorists. The agency is working with the Institute Of Creative Technologies, who helped the Army set up development of Full Spectrum Warrior, and according to the article: "The game will select a scenario that could involve analysts playing terrorist-cell leaders or members, a terrorist 'money mover' or a facilitator", or alternatively "a U.S. Customs agent, or even a cooperative or hostile neighbor living next to a terrorist", to help anti-terrorism workers "think outside the box."

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  1. i thought this game was... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    i thought this game was already available from rockstar games??

  2. Re:Recruit Tom Clancy... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ... after all, he is an avid wearer of Naval caps. He must be good.

  3. Re:Easy by !the!bad!fish! · · Score: 2, Funny
    Thinking like a terrorist involves two things:
    1. Living in conditions that you perceive as less than acceptable.
    2. Believing that the fundamental cause of those conditions is due to $THEM.
    Isn't that thinking like a teenager?

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  4. Re:Didn't... by kaellinn18 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes it did. Counterstrike led the pack, setting up such realistic scenarios as 1) blowing up a pile of crates in the middle of the desert 2) blowing up a pile of crates in a slightly different desert 3) blowing up a pile of crates in a small town and 4) blowing up a highly classified, nationally vital Aztec temple. Not to mention showing the world just how instantly lethal being shot in the foot can be.

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  5. Couldn't they just do this with a 'SimTerrorist' by Mordant · · Score: 3, Funny

    expansion pack?

    Instead of bricking up your neighbors so that they starve to death, your family could build pipe-bombs and plant them throughout the neighborhood!