“In the rise of religious fundamentalism and of global terror networks” (Castells, 2000) the best policy would be to construct power weapons to combat evils that can jeopardise international peace and harmony. The battleground is a virtual platform where “all reality is virtually perceived.” (Castells, 2000) The logic of networks has given rise to intense scientific and technological research of ‘virtual’ weapons to confront and diminish global terrorist activities. The crucial role played by the militating computer scientist, Hsinchun Chen, is worth noticing as he is using artificial intelligence to "connect the dots" between terrorist groups in the complex networks where all reality is virtually perceived . High security measures in almost all developed countries and transportation hubs are reducing the spaces to shelter terrorists. But computer scientist Hsinchun Chen says they're chatting away in cyberspace. “The Web has been used by a lot of people hiding in the dark." He says that similar to colleges and universities offering courses online, terrorist organizations have found a whole new channel for their ideas. "Those terrorist movements have moved to the Internet, using the Internet to recruit new members, to train them, to educate them," Chen says. . Its database enlists a number of interesting articles highlighting further the powerful logic of networking in terrorists’ dealings on the net such as:
Mining the Dark Web http://ai.eller.arizona.edu/recognition/ellerprogress.pdf
Scientists Probe ‘Dark Web’ to uncover potential Terrorist threats
http://www.kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=5383979
‘Dark Web’ Team combing Internet to track Terrorism
http://ai.bpa.arizona.edu/recognition/azrepublic.pdf
Extremist Social Movement Groups and their Online Digital Libraries
http://ai.bpa.arizona.edu/recognition/informationoutlook.pdf
It is interesting to note at this point how the network logic is a new logic which characterises mainly by its ability to shift or link from one information to a wide number of other information that forms part of the network and how the hypertext structure of networked computing coerces and commands the World Wide Web.
