FBI tracks Internet role in helping terrorists

Debby Auchter writes \”From the South Florida Sun-Sentinel (sun-sentinel.com) comes this interesting story about the anonymity of Internet communications and how someone can get away with murder…literally.


The men suspected of masterminding last week’s terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington may have found a perfect hiding place to develop their plot — the virtual anonymity of public computers to tap the Internet. U.S. intelligence agencies have known for years that e-mail, chat rooms and instant messages are a common mode for communication among terrorists. But the volume of Internet discussions and a lack of foreign-language specialists have thwarted the ability of authorities to effectively monitor online traffic.

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