If Twitter were to fall into the wrong hands

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The U.S. Army has its bandoliers in a twist over Twitter, issuing a report citing the "potential for terrorist use of Twitter." I guess the military has been getting pretty high-tech and youth-savvy of late, what with its mall-based ("We're not recruiting!") video-arcade push. The Army's apparently concerned that Twitter is "already used by some members to post and support extremist ideologies and perspectives," so terrorists could possibly use it "as an operational tool."

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