SECURITY INFORMATICS AND TERRORISM: PATROLLING THE WEB
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Sub-Series D: Information and Communication Security – Vol. 15
ISSN 1874-6268
Security Informatics and Terrorism: Patrolling the Web Social and Technical Problems of Detecting and Controlling Terrorists’ Use of the World Wide Web
Edited by
Cecilia S. Gal Rutgers University, USA
Paul B. Kantor Rutgers University, USA
and
Bracha Shapira Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Amsterdam • Berlin • Oxford • Tokyo • Washington, DC Published in cooperation with NATO Public Diplomacy Division
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Security Informatics and Terrorism – Patrolling the Web Beer-Sheva, Israel 4–5 June 2007
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