Other uses of IT

• IT provides terrorists with many capabilities

  • FARC use of Colombian government computer networks
    • Used government databases to track people stopped at roadblocks
    • Used radio communications between computers to databases
    • Command and control of forces via encrypted computer links
    • Bookkeeping and other management functions via computers
  • Email for support and advice of John Walker
    • Used to keep up spirits while approaching end of mission
    • Used for covert communications with handlers
    • Encryption technology used in Al Queda planning computers
  • IRA use of digital bomb control technologies
    • Digital circuits and lasers to control bombs from afar

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