My view is that either before we lose a city, or if we are truly stupid after we lose a city, we will adopt rules of engagement that we use every technology we can find to break up their capacity to use the Internet, to break up their capacity to use free speech.

The Gingrich quote in full. This perspective shouldn't be dismissed outright. Al Queda is a scene. It has no central organization. Its just a bunch of people who share a perspective. They share that perspective online. If you want to stop them from organizing, you have to stop them from hanging out online. And that runs into the first amendment like a train wreck. This is the fundamental question of our age.

Gingrich wants to restrict freedom of speech? - Countdown with Keith Olbermann - MSNBC.com