Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
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in defence economics, war and peace Tags: Al-Qaeda, electronic surveillance, ISIS, Middle-East politics, national security, war on terror
I will worry about terrorists in a more serious way when they stop using their mobile phones. I worry even more when they stop blabbing to everyone at the local mosque about their intentions.
Source: Fotini Christia, Leon Yao, Stephen Wittels, and Jure Leskovec | Seven Things Cell Data Shows About Life In Yemen, Foreign Affairs (July 2015).
10 Oct 2014 1 Comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: David Hicks, economics of oppositional identities, electronic surveillance, Jihadists, security and intelligence, war on terror
Islamic Jihadists seem to be a bunch of windbags. First thing they do is tell their friends, acquaintances and everyone down at the local mosque what they plan to do. Out of a spirit of public duty or hope of reward, someone informs the police or their chatter is picked up through electronic eavesdropping.
A surprising number of Jihadists, including Bin Laden’s courier, have been located by listening in on their mum. Jihadists tend to be mummies boys.
One of the strengths of the Jihadists terrorist networks, their decentralised and spontaneous nature, is also one of their weaknesses. There appears to be no recruitment standards or admission criteria or any other mechanism for screening out the indiscreet and those prone to big talk.
The fact that idiot David Hicks got into Al Qaeda and the Taleban in Afghanistan indicates that they seem to be not in any way suspicious of infiltration.
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