High-Tech Terror: Al-Qaeda's Use of New Technology

Abstract

Al-Qaeda has transformed itself into an organic social movement, using the Internet to make its virulent ideology accessible to anyone with a computer. For the United States to defeat al-Qaeda and the broader jihadi movement, it must first gain a better appreciation of the ways in which the movement is successfully fueling itself by harnessing new technologies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA458499

Entities

People

  • Jarret M. Brachman

Organizations

  • United States Military Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Information Systems
  • Mobile Devices
  • Mobile Phones
  • Political Science
  • Security
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • Training
  • United States
  • United States Military Academy
  • Video Games
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.
  • Strategic Security Studies