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To: LindyBill who wrote (52099)	6/30/2004 12:39:50 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793916

INFORMATION WARFARE: The Curse of Anti-Terrorist Hackers Strategy Page June 28, 2004: Although al Qaeda, and other Moslem terrorist groups have been heavy users of the Internet, they have been under constant attack by anti-terrorist volunteer hackers. The anti-terrorist hackers constantly shut down the pro-terrorist web sites, either by replacing the material on the web pages, or launching denial of service (DDOS) attacks against them. All this hacker activity often causes to the service provider to decide that hosting pro-terrorism web sites is bad business, and the terrorists are told to take their web page elsewhere. The official counter-terrorism forces would like to see the volunteers back off, because the terrorist sites are apparently used for passing operational information to other terrorists. The police and intelligence would rather monitor the terrorist sites and try to obtain useful information. Each time a terrorist site is shut down, it opens up somewhere else, and the police, as well as the terrorists, have to scramble to find it. While many of the terrorist users of these sites can be notified about where the new site is by phone or letter, the police have to go looking. The police ask the anti-terrorist militia to back off, but won't try any stronger methods. The volunteer hackers keep the terrorists on the defensive, and the volunteers are quick to alert police if they see anything unusual on the terrorist web sites.

To: LindyBill who wrote (52099)	6/30/2004 12:59:18 AM
From: frankw1900	Respond to of 793916

Bush said it again: Western nations, including my own, want to be helpful in the democratic progress of the Middle East, yet we know there are suspicions, rooted in centuries of conflict and colonialism. And in the last 60 years, many in the West have added to this distrust by excusing tyranny in the region, hoping to purchase stability at the price of liberty. But it did not serve the people of the Middle East to betray their hope of freedom. And it has not made Western nations more secure to ignore the cycle of dictatorship and extremism. Instead we have seen the malice grow deeper, and the violence spread, until both have appeared on the streets of our own cities. Some types of hatred will never be appeased; they must be opposed and discredited and defeated by a hopeful alternative - and that alternative is freedom. Yes, it is a good speech.