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Facebook for terrorists: System finds hidden network connections by Doug Page, Homeland1, December 10, 2009.
A novel approach to analyzing social networks may one day help homeland security investigators discover the hidden connections between people involved in terror attacks. The method, reported by Japanese researchers in the current issue of the International Journal of Services Sciences, involves uncovering the nodes that act as connecting hubs in a terrorist network and tracing back to individual members.

Examining Social Networking For Terrorists To Find People Behind Terrorist Attacks, ScienceDaily, May 5, 2009.
A new approach to analyzing social networks, reported in the current issue of the International Journal of Services Sciences, could help homeland security find the covert connections between the people behind terrorist attacks. The approach involves revealing the nodes that act as hubs in a terrorist network and tracing back to individual planners and perpetrators.

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