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geek tragedy

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Tue Jun 11, 2013, 12:51 PM Jun 2013

Obama stamps out freedom of expression overseas via NSA hacking!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/officials-describe-how-us-disrupts-al-qaedas-online-magazine/2013/06/11/6a9196c6-ca07-11e2-9245-773c0123c027_story.html

U.S. intelligence operatives covertly sabotaged a prominent al-Qaeda online magazine last month in an apparent attempt to sow confusion among the group’s followers, according to officials.

The operation succeeded, at least temporarily, in thwarting publication of the latest issue of Inspire, the English-language magazine distributed by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. When it appeared online, the text on the second page was garbled and the following 20 pages were blank. The sabotaged version was quickly removed from the online forum that hosted it, according to independent analysts who track jihadi Web sites.


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Obama stamps out freedom of expression overseas via NSA hacking! (Original Post) geek tragedy Jun 2013 OP
So...If he mangles al-Qaeda's online presence it's OK to keep US phone records? sibelian Jun 2013 #1
Nobody has said that, so far as I can tell., nt geek tragedy Jun 2013 #2
OK. sibelian Jun 2013 #3
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