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...Sept. 29 article, Jessica E. Stern, a lecturer at the Kennedy School of Government, and University of Michigan Adjunct Professor Scott Atran investigate the perpetually expanding world of cyber terrorism. They contend that modern technology, particularly the Internet, provides terrorists with both the means and the motivation to strike their targets. These websites, which spring up by the dozens, allow for instant communication among insurgents and further their potential to create death and destruction...
...United States, there is a concept of virtual networks that are utilized for mobilization and recruitment for a cause without having to contact a leader,” said Stern, who is also affiliated with Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs...
...Stern said it was surprising that this communication between terrorist groups and their parent organizations originated with American “right-wing extremists” before it did among its Middle-Eastern counterparts...
...Americans who killed abortion doctors used the Internet...and published license plate numbers of targets and names of their family members,” Stern said. “And it’s all within the First Amendment...
...Stern said there was a clear connection between the tactics of American and Middle-Eastern fundamentalists in that they both utilized the Internet to track their targets. She also pointed out that such methods were employed before Sept...