Thursday, November 30, 2006
Internet Terrorists
It is a refreshing thought that there are some people out there that care enough about world peace and safety and global terrorism to devote themselves to the job of trying to prevent it.
Aaron Weisburd is the creator of a organization that gears towards trying to stop terrorism on the internet. He prides himself in being able to stop the pro-terrorism websites that exist and/or that are being created on the internet, mainly by islamic radicals.
Weisburd does this daily. He wakes up at 5am and has dedicated his day trying to stop these internet terrorists. He has even sacraficed his own way of living to literally save others. He quit his steady job to allow himself more time with stoping internet terrorists;him & his wife are just getting by. And although most people admire the job that this man has chosen, there are still those who feel as if "he is making more trouble that he is doing good."
The government agencies believe that this is a job that should be left to them.
Aaron Weisburd is the creator of a organization that gears towards trying to stop terrorism on the internet. He prides himself in being able to stop the pro-terrorism websites that exist and/or that are being created on the internet, mainly by islamic radicals.
"Weisburd said he and his supporters are responsible for dismantling at
least 650 and as many as 1,000 sites he regards as threatening, especially
Islamic radical sites."
Weisburd does this daily. He wakes up at 5am and has dedicated his day trying to stop these internet terrorists. He has even sacraficed his own way of living to literally save others. He quit his steady job to allow himself more time with stoping internet terrorists;him & his wife are just getting by. And although most people admire the job that this man has chosen, there are still those who feel as if "he is making more trouble that he is doing good."
The government agencies believe that this is a job that should be left to them.
"Marshall Stone, a spokesman for the FBI, said that while the agency
encourages citizens to report alleged wrongdoing, it believes any attempt to
stop criminals should be left to the government. Without due process, evidence
could be tainted and become unusable in court cases or, worse, targets could be
condemned as guilty when they are really innocent, said Paul Kurtz, executive
director of the Cyber Security Industry Alliance, a coalition of tech company
chief executives. "When we all become 'law enforcement officers' justice becomes
very blurry," he said."
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Should we form a posse and ride out to keep an eye on the bad guys in cyberspace?
What will happen if more than a few isolated individuals engaged in this form of vigilante justice?
Can we rely on the government and Homeland Security to protect us or do we need to raise a militia to defend our borders against digital terrorism?
What might be the unintended consequences of these activities?
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What will happen if more than a few isolated individuals engaged in this form of vigilante justice?
Can we rely on the government and Homeland Security to protect us or do we need to raise a militia to defend our borders against digital terrorism?
What might be the unintended consequences of these activities?
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