by David Axe | Sep 10, 2012 | Monitor
U.S. and Australian troops during a 2010 computer training exercise. Photo: Australian Ministry of Defense Tech-savvy Talibs have posed as pretty girls on Facebook to lure Australian troops into giving away military secrets. That’s one disturbing — but not...
by Spencer Ackerman | Jul 17, 2012 | Monitor
Rebels fighting against Bashar Assad in Syria’s civil war are outgunned, outmanned and largely aren’t professional soldiers. So they’re turning to social media for tutorials in how to use their weapons. In the video above, a faceless individual...
by editor | Dec 18, 2008 | Analysis, Government, Media
by Steven R. Corman & Ed Palazzolo This is the last in a five part series on the one-year anniversary of the State Department’s Dipnote blog, and an analysis we posted in October 2007 on the blog’s first month of operation. In this series: Part 1...
by nbrody | Nov 25, 2008 | Analysis, Diplomacy, Media, Strategic Comm., technology
by Nicholas Brody This is the fourth part of a five part series on about the one-year anniversary of the State Department’s Dipnote blog. In Part 1 we focused on reviewing DipNote management and processes. In Part 2 we looked at what the State Department bloggers...