Monday, June 6, 2011 10:02:37 PM
"soooooo MI6...the james bond people....their major contribution to the war on terror here is they troll the al qaeda website.....
riiiight so england is drating useless "
So to be useful you think that England should continue to take human lives? This is a succesful attempt at AGGRESSIVE PEACEFUL NEGOTIATIONS.
In other words, a peaceful means to fight a war. This is the most fantastic and genius things to do, and you want to meet it with "KILL MOAR, FIGHT MOAR"
That is exactly why the world still has wars. Honestly, Kudos to M16 for using their ability in a better manner.
Monday, June 6, 2011 9:59:30 PM
"And what was gained was perhaps showing susceptable young men that the big impressive terrorist organisation they've been tempted to join is, in fact, a bunch of laughable amateurs doomed to failure?"
Or more realistically it shows these hardline Muslims that the west and its ALLIES are not trying to kill all muslims, just stop them from killing people. Thats what this war has been about in the first place.
"the result is that now the terrorists know they've been hacked"
Maybe they had already found out, the operation had finished, and nothing was lost by making this public after the effect?
And what was gained was perhaps showing susceptable young men that the big impressive terrorist organisation they`ve been tempted to join is, in fact, a bunch of laughable amateurs doomed to failure?
Monday, June 6, 2011 1:01:38 AM
Someone decided to 'be cute and get publicity`, and the result is that now the terrorists know they`ve been hacked, the files have been restored and we`ve lost an edge. Minor modifications to the recipes to make them non-functional (such as a wrong wire direction or neutralizing chemicals) would have been the proper response of an intelligence agency. Shame.