Twits using Twitter

CNet News has the story of yet another 'advance' in terrorism:

The U.S. intelligence community is investigating micro-blogging tool Twitter as a possible tool for terrorists to coordinate attacks, according to a purported draft Army intelligence report posted on the Web. The report, presented by the 304th Military Intelligence Battalion and posted to the Federation of the American Scientists Web site, examines the possible ways terrorists could use mobile and Web technologies such as the Global Positioning System, digital maps, and Twitter mashups to plan and execute terrorist attacks.
The presentation, which was first presented earlier this month, was reported Friday by Wired magazine's Noah Shachtman. A chapter titled Potential for Terrorist Use of Twitter, presents general introductory information on Twitter and how it works; the report describes how it was used to report details of a recent earthquake in Los Angeles and by activists at the Republican National Convention.
"Twitter has also become a social activism tool for socialists, human rights groups, communists, vegetarians, anarchists, religious communities, atheists, political enthusiasts, hacktivists, and others to communicate with each other and to send messages to broader audiences," the report said.

Rico says any technology, no matter how benign, can be bent to evil purposes...