Pentagon Researcher Conjures Warcraft Terror Plot | Danger Room from Wired.com - The Diigo Meta page

• 15 Mar 09
  

  dave sgonechina

  Could terrorists use Second Life? Sure, they can use anything. But is it a significant augmentation? That's not obvious.

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• 29 Sep 08
  

  liam odonnell

  ". . . a Pentagon researcher has laid out how such a terror plot might unfold. The planning ground is World of Warcraft. The main target of this possibly nuclear strike: the White House." Seriously.

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• 18 Sep 08
  

  TransTracker

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• 16 Sep 08
  

  Michael Elson

  The American military and intelligence communities are increasingly worried that would-be bin Ladens might gather in a virtual world, to plan a real-life attack. But the spies haven't given many

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  Eric Hackathorn

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  Josie Fraser

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  joshua fouts

  There's been no public proof to date of terrorists hatching plots in virtual worlds. But online spaces like World of Warcraft are making some spooks, generals and Congressmen extremely nervous. They imagine terrorists rehearsing attacks in these worlds, j

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  Carl Hallard

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  Max Geiger

  "I'm in ur base, killin' ur manz."

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