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Covert Facebook contacts seek Swedish military secrets
THE LOCAL.se ^ | Published: 18 Apr 09 11:43 CET | n/a

Posted on 04/18/2009 5:08:53 AM PDT by Cindy

Swedish soldiers deployed in Afghanistan have been contacted via Facebook in an attempt to glean secret military information, according to Dagens Nyheter newspaper.

It is unclear if one or more individuals - or an organization - are behind the incident.

Mårten Wallén, head of the information security unit at the Swedish Military Intelligence and Security Agency (MUST), confirmed the incident, although he did not want to reveal the number of soldiers who had been involved. The contact has occurred gradually, he said.

No one claimed to be an old friend, but rather used statements such as "how fun that you are on Facebook" or "I have also been in Afghanistan" prior to asking more detailed questions.

(Excerpt) Read more at thelocal.se ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; facebook; internet; sweden; swedishtroops

1 posted on 04/18/2009 5:08:53 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: Jet Jaguar; Oorang; backhoe; piasa; Godzilla

ping


2 posted on 04/18/2009 5:09:34 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy

Loose lips....


3 posted on 04/18/2009 5:46:26 AM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: Cindy

Sweden has military secrets?


4 posted on 04/18/2009 6:18:09 AM PDT by Sherman Logan (Everyone has a right to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.)
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To: Sherman Logan

One or two.


5 posted on 04/18/2009 6:21:15 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: Cindy
Sweden has an Army?
I thought they disbanded after their Swedish Mauser (6.5x55)(1) became 'obsolete'. /s

(1) (C&R holders, heck out Samco Global Arms)

6 posted on 04/18/2009 7:32:15 AM PDT by Condor51 (The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits)
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To: Sherman Logan

Bank accounts maybe


7 posted on 04/18/2009 8:27:53 AM PDT by Vaduz
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