by njacknis
After ten years as Chief Information Officer of Westchester County, NY (a million people, just north of New York City), I joined IBSG mostly specializing in government, below the level of the natio... More about njacknis
Mumbai hostage network
Watch video at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/27956139#27956139
Following September 11, 2001, there was much discussion about how the Internet had empowered terrorists.
This morning, NBC News in the US carried a report about the other side of the story. They interviewed a British hostage who helped to create a (Blackberry-based) network among the hostages in the Oberoi Hotel to coordinate information and also bring in objective information from outside the hotel. Fascinating aspect of a very grim situation.
You can watch/listen to the video at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/27956139#27956139 The part concerning the network starts at about 2.5 minutes into it.
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