CIA official admits targeting blogs, MySpace

[kpete]

In search for foreign intelligence, spies turn to YouTube, MySpace, blogs
Nick Juliano
Published: Thursday February 7, 2008

With rapidly advancing technology spreading across the globe, US spies are shifting their focus from surreptitiously photographing secret Soviet documents to trolling the Internet for what could be the next key nugget of foreign intelligence.

Among the most valuable sources, one top spook says, are blogs, MySpace and other Web 2.0 hallmarks.

"We're looking now at YouTube, which carries some unique and honest-to-goodness intelligence," Doug Naquin, director of the CIA's Open Source Center said in a recent speech to CIA retirees.

The speech was posted this week on SecrecyNews, the blog of the Federation of American Scientists Project on Government Secrecy.
http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2008/02/open_source_intelligence_advan.html

more at:
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/In_search_for_foreign_intelligence_spies_0207.html

[Maat]

1. Great.

x(

Hey, Agent Mike, you should be ashamed of spying on Americans and pissing upon the Fourth Amendment (it's spirit, at least).

I wouldn't want that on my conscience.

[gateley]

2. I'd love to know what the "unique and honest-to-goodness intelligence"

on YouTube is.

Why don't we just ask them? I'm sure they're here, too.

[monktonman]

3. Most people call that stalking.

Looking at My space for intelligence.... yeah right.

[Heidi]

4. It's just research for the CIA's forthcoming book, "Trolling for Dummies." (nt)

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

5. YouTube, huh?

Heaven help us all if they start watching Zipster. ;-)

[kineneb]

6. they got bored with drug running and overthrowing governments?

sheesh.

[5X]

7. Too lazy to actually do any real intelligence work. n/t

[Torn_Scorned_Ignored]

8. explains what happened to the athiest site

on MySpace.