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  • England: Technological Development Critical to Outpacing Terrorists

    10/26/2006 4:48:40 PM PDT · by SandRat · 1 replies · 182+ views
    WASHINGTON, Oct. 26, 2006 – The same globalization that’s created vast opportunities for economic growth and information sharing among freedom-loving people has become a favorite tool of terrorists trying to destroy their way of life, Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England told industry representatives here yesterday. Speaking at the Military Communications Conference 2006, England called rapid technological change, and particularly the ways it can be abused, “the fundamental technical and operational challenge of our time.” Terrorists are “technologically very savvy,” he said, and see no conflict in using their technological expertise to close doors it’s helped opened. “Though they aim to...