Return-Path: <sentto-279987-3923-1006750971-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Sun, 25 Nov 2001 21:05:07 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 19128 invoked by uid 510); 26 Nov 2001 05:03:16 -0000 Received: from n12.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.62) by all.net with SMTP; 26 Nov 2001 05:03:16 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-3923-1006750971-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [10.1.1.224] by n12.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 26 Nov 2001 05:02:51 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_0_1); 26 Nov 2001 05:02:50 -0000 Received: (qmail 90519 invoked from network); 26 Nov 2001 05:02:50 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.171) by m6.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 26 Nov 2001 05:02:50 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta3.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 26 Nov 2001 05:02:50 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id fAQ54Rt32353 for iwar@onelist.com; Sun, 25 Nov 2001 21:04:27 -0800 Message-Id: <200111260504.fAQ54Rt32353@red.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 21:04:27 -0800 (PST) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:Internet.An.Ideal.Tool.For.Extremists.-.FBI] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Internet An Ideal Tool For Extremists - FBI By Brian McWilliams, Newsbytes, 11/16/2001 No URL available. Modern information technology is facilitating new organizational models used by extremist groups, according to the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC). Technologies such as Internet relay chat (IRC), Web-based bulletin boards, and free e-mail accounts are enabling extremist groups to adopt a structure known as "leaderless resistance," according to an unclassified document published Nov. 10 by the NIPC. "An extremist organization whose members get guidance from e-mails or by visiting a secure Web site can operate in a coordinated fashion without its members ever having to meet face to face," said the report, which was prepared by NIPC cyber-terrorism experts. Extremist groups have adopted the leaderless resistance model in part to "limit damage from penetration by authorities" seeking information about impending attacks, the NIPC said. Besides offering a medium for secure communications, Internet technologies also enable extremists to provide a "steady stream of propaganda" aimed at recruitment and indoctrination. The report also said that electronic communication tools such as IRC and America Online's ICQ chat software enable widely dispersed members to share information "in support of a common (and sometimes violent) goal." The increasing technical competency of extremists also enables them to launch more serious attacks on the nation's network infrastructure that go beyond e-mail bombing and Web page defacements, according to the NIPC. "Extremist groups have proven themselves capable of carrying out acts of violence, and the leaderless resistance strategy makes it even more difficult for authorities to foresee actions by such groups," according to the report. The leaderless resistance strategy is believed to have been originally identified in 1962 by Col. Ulius Amos, an anti-communist activist. The approach was advocated in 1992 by a neo-Nazi activist, Louis Beam, according to an article on international terrorism by a Georgetown University professor. The NIPC publication is available at <a href="http://www.nipc.gov/publications/highlights/2001/highlight-01-10.pdf">http://www.nipc.gov/publications/highlights/2001/highlight-01-10.pdf> . ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Universal Inkjet Refill Kit $29.95 Refill any ink cartridge for less! Includes black and color ink. http://us.click.yahoo.com/1_Y1qC/MkNDAA/ySSFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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