A great opportunity for the new age Kevin Mitnicks of cyber space.

I think this type of subject intrigues me mainly because of its staggering incomprehensibility to mere mortals like myself. The article you posted on the Dark Web Project was very interesting, but about my limit I'm afraid.

There's a lot of things in this war that we're just beginning to understand. Way too many. And people are using the power of hindsight to overly criticize those in the fight.

TI
I hate to disagree with you ... but ... as Infern0 said ...

"IT'S A COCK UP, PURE AND SIMPLE".

SITE has been eavesdropping on chat rooms and other AlQaeda sources through this particular portal for a long time without them having any idea their 'secrets' were being intercepted. SITE had gotten much invaluable information and had passed it on to US intelligence agencies (even to the Whitehouse), and now that someone has committed a treasonous act, that deprives us of an unknown [to AlQaeda], intelligence source.

To think that AlQaeda will just start another portal site is just a little naive ... whenever an information leak has been disclosed to AlQaeda in the past, they cease what they were doing and start doing business in a totally different manner.

Of course you would disagree with me Chief, you do on everything. I am sticking by my comments because of what I know.

Originally Posted by the_13th_redneck

There's a lot of things in this war that we're just beginning to understand. Way too many. And people are using the power of hindsight to overly criticize those in the fight.

It is certainly true that everything is easy in hindsight, never more so than in our current situations. How different will it look when they are finally played out and history has spoken. It is a grand long-game we are involved in. As I always try to reflect, I pity our leaders. My ol' poisoned chalice springs to mind. Anyone fancy it ??

this is the greatest time in modern history to be a young leader. there is so much more on your plate to deal with today then ever before..

Originally Posted by Team Infidel

Of course you would disagree with me Chief, you do on everything. I am sticking by my comments because of what I know.

That's not true, I don't ALWAYS disagrree with you ... and to say "what I knew" as to why you are sticking to your other comment, is a crock.

How about a little fact/input instead? Also, what portion of MY comment don't you agree with, and why? The type of comment you just made, causes scepticism in many of us and brings out the type of comment I just now made. For sure YOU wouldn't let ME get away with doing as you have just done.

I am NOT trying to start a war, my comments are in the way of a simple observation and request for clarification.

Sorry Chief, that is about as far as I can go. Please see my PM. I can't give you the facts you seek. Not that I won't... I just can't, and I hope you can understand that.

Chalk it under OPSEC.

Originally Posted by Team Infidel

this is the greatest time in modern history to be a young leader. there is so much more on your plate to deal with today then ever before..

Why do you consider it a great time to be a 'young' leader. And leaders of what? Teams, groups, states, armies, nations, world's ? And do you consider it a great time to be Geo W Bush? As I asked before, 'fancy his job'?

I am interested in your viewpoint.

I must admit that I was of the same opinion as Chief Bones, (in Aces and Spades) however I must give Team Infidel the benefit of the fact that he is a currently serving member of the US forces and as such hears and sees things not normally available to the public.

I also am aware that many things are not always what they appear to be in the intelligence world, some times information or sources are sacrificed for reasons only know to those involved. So I too will leave it at that.