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US Army Sees Twitter As Possible Terrorist "Operation Tool"
Mike writes "A draft US Army intelligence report has identified the popular micro-blogging service Twitter as a potential terrorist tool. A chapter titled 'Potential for Terrorist Use of Twitter' notes that Twitter members reported the July Los Angeles earthquake faster than news outlets and activists at the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis used it to provide information on police movements. 'Twitter is already used by some members to post and/or support extremist ideologies and perspectives,' the report said. The report goes on to say, 'Terrorists could theoretically use Twitter social networking in the US as an operation tool.' Just wait until the Army finds out about chat rooms and email!"
They, of course, they mean anything critical of U.S. government or U.S. policy. By insurgent, they mean Democrat... It doesn't matter anyway, Democrats will win. Democrats will destroy Republicans this fall. We won. And we will keep winning. So shut your racist face.
According to our current NeoCon government: 'extremist ideologies and perspectives' == anything that criticizes our regime, or that we otherwise don't agree with.
Vote for Obama. Why? Two reasons:
P.S.: Go ahead and mod me down to -1, Troll|Flamebait|$whatever. Doesn't change my opinion OR invalidate what I'm saying, and it sure as hell doesn't make you right, bitches. At least I have the guts to make a post like this as myself and not as Anonymous Coward.
While I am glad that our armed services evaluate all threat pathways (even obvious ones), I am offended when our officers try to impact a political agenda, as was done in this case.
This is an obvious attempt to pander to fear to increase military appropriations or otherwise alter civilian behavior. The officers in question here should have made their report to their commanders. The commanders could then refer their report to their civilian superiors. The civilian superiors ought then make all decisions about disclosure.
This is simply military involvement in the politics of speech--and it is entirely unwarranted. Military officers must stay out of politics.
I was fine with the synopsis up until this line: "Just wait until the Army finds out about chat rooms and email!". Seriously- who added the commentary? Folks at /.? The submitter? The Admin?
Believe it or not, there are individuals that exist only to inflict pain on someone else. The job of the military is to prevent that. Most of the posts here are railing *against* a military that has, by popular doctrine and re-election, done what it has been instructed to do.
Now there are also government agencies that exist to evaluate threats and to think up ways of protecting your average American citizen. It takes some of the best and the brightest- even those that DO NOT WANT THIS WAR- and instructs them to come up with ways that someone may abuse a new technology to cause harm. They do so. And it turns out there is a tool that could be exploited, in real time, via phone, to bring pain and suffering to individuals.
Why bash them for this? My god don't you believe they'd rather hope for the best in people? You mock them for doing their duty to keep the country safe.
Gotta love the fascist GOP. Next will be all liberals will have to wear a L on there clothing and forced to live in getto's.
I believe the only point the GP was trying to make when mentioning Das Kapital and the Unabomber manifesto is that both works are very long and wordy - no more, no less.
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