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November 27, 2013 10:30 pm GMT

Report: NSA Spied on Porn Activity of Muslim 'Radicalizers'

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The U.S. National Security Agency spied on people it identified as influential Islamic "radicalizers" in an attempt to expose discrepancies between their public personas and private behavior. The agency did so in an attempt to subvert the radicalizers' authority, according to a Huffington Post report published late Tuesday

Drawing from documents leaked by former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, the report includes "viewing sexually explicit material online" as one of the tactics NSA used to debase its targets

See also: 10 Fascinating Data Visualization Projects

"Some of the vulnerabilities exposed would likely call into question a radicalizer's devotion to the jihadist cause, leading to the degradation or loss of his authority," reads one document. Read more...

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