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Former CIA Counter-Terror Chief: Al Qaeda Will Go Cyber

The former head of the Central Intelligence Agency's Counter Terrorism Center said today that a battered al Qaeda will likely focus more on a new front in their global jihad against the West: cyberspace. Cofer Black, who spent nearly 30 years with the CIA and was head of the CTC during the Sept. 11 terror attacks, said al Qaeda -- now near "strategic defeat" according to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta -- would likely fall back into "small and agile" tactics, including online attacks. "They...Full Story
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