Obama administration leading efforts to help dissidents
(NEWSER) - One of the ways Egypt , Syria , and other regimes crack down on protesters is by shutting down telecommunications networks—but soon they may no long be able to do so. The New York Times takes a close look at the global effort, led by the US, to create “shadow” Internet and mobile phone systems that could get around such tactics. One of the secretive projects sounds like something out of a James Bond flick: The “Internet in a suitcase,” funded by a $2 million State Department grant, can quickly be used to set up a wide area of wireless communication and link to the Internet. More»
