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on 2008-07-02 by kropotkin

The usual hokum. Pound to a pinch, this has nothing to do with terrorism. This is all about control of internal dissent within the US, as the economic hammer comes down, and citizens find out how they've been robbed blind.

on 2008-07-06 by visigoth

That is precisely what it is...Nothing less..the Despotism is increasingly paranoid and what the thugs are scared of is..the law abiding, liberty loving American citizen who knows what his ancient rights are and demands the "guv'ment" know them too.

Analysis: U.S. military to patrol Internet

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By SHAUN WATERMAN, UPI Homeland and National Security Editor

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WASHINGTON, June 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. military is looking for a contractor to patrol cyberspace,

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watching for warning signs of forthcoming terrorist attacks or other hostile activity on the Web.

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on 2008-07-06 by visigoth

Including but not limited to Bible reading; expressions of Faith; belief in Jesus as the Christ; witness and testimony of Christianity and locations and times of next prayer meeting....

"If someone wants to blow us up, we want to know about it," Robert Hembrook, the deputy intelligence chief of the U.S. Army's Fifth Signal Command in Mannheim, Germany, told United Press International.

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on 2008-07-06 by visigoth

Yes and so does the American public...No more surprises or false flag ops like 9-11. Okay?

In a solicitation posted on the Web last week, the command said it was looking for a contractor to provide "Internet awareness services" to support "force protection" -- the term of art for the security of U.S. military installations and personnel.

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on 2008-07-06 by visigoth

What's the matter? Blackwater booked solid?

"The purpose of the services will be to identify and assess stated and implied threat, antipathy, unrest and other contextual data relating to selected Internet domains," says the solicitation.

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on 2008-07-06 by visigoth

That takes in just about everyone..including good, loyal and freedom loving American citizens who have a natural and ingrained loathng for all tyranny, including the Jack Boots goose stepping to the "Bush Leid."

"The more we talk about it, the less effective it will be," he said. "If we didn't have to put it out in public (to make the contract award), we wouldn't have."

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on 2008-07-06 by visigoth

Oh, we know you're there. May as well come out from behind that bush..Uh..er..shrub...Oh..uh...Well..we spotted you first, Jack Boots.

Hembrook was tight-lipped about the proposal.

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He would not comment on the kinds of Internet sites the contractor would be directed to look at but acknowledged it would "not (be) far off" to assume violent Islamic extremists would be at the top of the list.

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The solicitation says the successful contractor will "analyze various Web pages, chat rooms, blogs and other Internet domains to aggregate and assess data of interest," adding, "The contractor will prioritize foreign-language domains that relate to specific areas of concern … (and) will also identify new Internet domains" that might relate to "specific local requirements" of the command.

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Officials were keen to stress the contract covered only information that could be found by anyone with a computer and Internet connection.

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"We're not interested in being Big Brother," said LeAnne MacAllister, chief spokeswoman for the command, which runs communications in Europe for the U.S. Army and the military's joint commands there.

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on 2008-07-06 by visigoth

Oh, of course not...The fatherest thing from any of your minds.

"I would not characterize it as monitoring," added Hembrook. "This is a research tool gathering information that is already in the public domain."

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on 2008-07-06 by visigoth

Gathering information, whether it is "already out there or not..", it is indeed "monitoring." Otherwise why are you doing it? What possible interest would the government have..if it is not monitoring? Word Shell Game.... What is sad really is the government's self-defeating opinion that everyone of the "Proles" are of the same IQ level as the government's.

Experts say Islamic extremist groups like al-Qaida use the Web for propaganda and fundraising purposes.

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Hembrook said the main purpose of the contract is to analyze "trends in information." The contractor will "help us find those needles in that haystack of information."

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The solicitor says the contractor's team will include a "principal cyber investigator," a "locally specialized threat analyst" and a "foreign-speaking analyst with cyber investigative skills," as well as a 24/7 watch team.

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on 2008-07-06 by visigoth

As long as the newly contracted little "Hellion" isn't of the character and integrity of a Sibyl Edmonds.

The contractor will produce weekly written reports, containing "raw data and supporting analysis."

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The addresses of the Web page sources will be "captioned under alias to preserve access," says the solicitation.

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Experts have noted in the past that publishing the addresses of some extremists' sites has led to them being attacked or moving. However, the contractor will "consider releasing specific (Web page addresses) on an as-needed basis … if explicit threat materials or imminent threat to personnel or facilities are discovered."

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The contractor also will notify the command immediately "upon receipt of any and all stated or implied threats that contain timing and/or targeting information relating to personnel, facilities or activities, and to specifically designated areas of concern."

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on 2008-07-06 by visigoth

Like any real terrorist is a dumb wad and is going to plaster all over the internet their precise plans, time tables and blueprints. Yeah! This "Cyber Commando" squad is for "monitoring" and Red-Blue-Green listing American citizens or despise tyranny and want their Republic back!

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on 2008-07-02 by kropotkin

Note that IntelCenter has been the main dissemination point for all the al-Qaeda fake videos we've been fed these past few years.

on 2008-07-06 by visigoth

It may be a classic "well duh!" moment..but a long time ago I noticed that when the Political Criminal Class in Washington DC got their nuts in a vice or desired some unpopular policy or deed, they always fished up out of their magic trunk of tricks, some old threat; some old ruse that worked in the past...The Despots are cunning as snakes but obviously must have an IQ no larger than their shoe size.

While declining to comment on the specific solicitation, Ben Venzke, CEO of IntelCenter, an Alexandria, Va.-based company that monitors Islamic extremist propaganda for clients including U.S. government agencies, said it was "common" for the military or other agencies to employ contractors "to support their own work on these issues."

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"What most people don't get," he said, "is that (each agency or entity) has their own very specific requirements. … They are looking for one type of thing in particular."

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on 2008-07-06 by visigoth

Genuine Christians; Christians unwilling to cooperate with the Fascists unlike their counterparts in Germany in the 1930s; Bible owners and readers of same; lovers of liberty and adherence to the original Republic of the Founding Fathers (who incidentally have now been classified as "terrorists" by FEMA); regular church attendees and locations, times and attendees of prayer meetings. Oh..also throw into this..legitimate and lawful owners of firearms. Can't be too careful when you send some Brown Shirt thugs through someone's door that the new Aryans won't get their heads blown off by an American defending himself and his family against warrentless seizures of persons and property by an increasingly paranoid, despotism.

Venzke explained that while an analyst for a big-city police department might be looking at extremist Web sites for certain kinds of information, their requirements would be different from those of intelligence analysts looking for evidence of trends in extremist targeting or ideology, which in turn would be different from those concerned -- like the Fifth Signal Command -- with force protection.

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"There is some overlap," he said, "and you always have to work to minimize that, but generally, there are so many different … pieces you can look at … it's not duplication."

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on 2008-07-06 by visigoth

It is duplication of the Alphabet thug agencies of the Political Criminal Class.