NATO revealed that it is using Twitter messages ("tweets") from Tripoli to help locate the best targets for air attack in Libya. The tweets are part of a large database of material collected from public sources (mainly the Internet), used in conjunction with classified data, and used to determine where the best targets are. This is not unique, it's part of a trend.
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