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Internet Intelligence Issues
This book will not solve all the issues surrounding Internet investiga-
tions and intelligence, but it will allow any practitioner or organization
to establish the foundation for sound methodology. The urgency of the
need to address Internet behaviors and data available online is illustrated
above, but perhaps a bit more evidence is needed for both investigations
and ethics.
PRIVACY
Discussing Internet searching with an executive ofcer of a law enforce-
ment, intelligence, or security function elicits the view that their agencies
are free to use the Internet to collect public information about an indi-
vidual without question. The same discussion with corporate clients and
attorneys for the past four pl ...