Jeff Bardin, 54, logs into an Al Qaeda website from his home office in Barre, Mass. A former Air Force linguist who is fluent in Arabic, he is part of a loose network of "hacktivists" who spy on Al Qaeda and its allies. (Brian Bennett / Los Angeles Times / August 26, 2012)
Civilian 'Hacktivists' Fight Terrorists Online -- L.A. Times
The digital vigilantes, some working barefoot from home, spy on Al Qaeda and its allies, penetrating chat rooms and other sites seeking recruits.
BARRE, Mass. — Working from a beige house at the end of a dirt road, Jeff Bardin switches on a laptop, boots up a program that obscures his location, and pecks in a passkey to an Internet forum run by an Iraqi branch of Al Qaeda.
Soon the screen displays battle flags and AK-47 rifles, plus palm-lined beaches to conjure up a martyr's paradise.
"I do believe we are in," says Bardin, a stout, 54-year-old computer security consultant.
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My Comment: The Taliban are doing the same thing against our soldiers.