December 16, 2010

Terror in the Information Age

Andreas Smith, The Independent

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The similarities between the way the computer hackers who have been defending WikiLeaks organise themselves and al-Qa'ida are striking. I don't mean to imply that the former have the same sort of murderous intent as the latter. They don't. And there are other differences.

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TAGGED: Terrorism, WikiLeaks

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