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Beyond that, they may even send deputies in a sense to conduct the conversations so at any given moment none of the leaders can be connected to each other or to whatever is being orchestrated. but it goes even further. instructions from top al qaeda operatives are believed to sometimes be sent by trusted couriers are often sent to internet cafes on public computers where they encrypt the message and send it through an e-mail account set up specifically for that one message and no other. minutes later the whole trail disappears. some security analysts say the combination of technology, social m...

Couriers are often sent to internet cafe on public computers where they encrypt the message and send it through an e-mail account set up specifically for that one message and no other. minutes later the whole trail d disappears. some security analysts say the combination of technology, social media sites and internet anonymity is the backbone of terrorist communications. flash point global partners says it works well. >> i think they allow such groups to flourish. they certainly give the means for possible lone wolves to communicate with actual group. offer themselves as potential terrorists. ...

A senior u.s. official tells abc news that the plot started in yemen, and u.s. officials are frantically searching for vehicle bombs al qaeda wants it use to blow up the u.s. embassy there and perhaps others as well. abc news has also learned that through surveillance and electronic eavesdropping, more was discovered. including communications between al qaeda affiliates and someone in the u.s. not just electronic conversations, but through the mail as well. the u.s. does not know the content of the letters. >> in terrorist communications, in general, the simpler more primitive forms of communi...

Beefing up additional security with troops and check points in the hopes of deterring any attacks. all told more than 2,000 embassies will remain closed as of today, sunday, in that part of the world. the state department also issuing a global travel alert to any american traveling overseas, warning us to be on the lookout for any public place, especially transit systems. this is the first time a warning on this broad scale has been issued since september 11, 2011. confirmed details about the threat remains scarce, but lawmakers say the u.s. intercepted terrorist communications that are warnin...

Terrorism's threat today is sort of like war in some ways, it's sort of like crime in other ways, maybe we need to get past this either/or stuff and figure out realistically what's an effective strategy for dealing with this that doesn't overrely on using sledge hammers and military force and undermine the effective tools we do have to disrupting terrorist finance, for instance, disrupting terrorist communications. i'm cautiously optimistic these hearings do represent some renewed willingness to take a serious issue seriously. maybe i'm -- i hope i'm not wrong, but i would like to think so. >>...