] Since 9/11, US sources have monitored several websites
] linked to al Qaeda that appear to contain elements of
] cyberplanning:
]
] alneda.com, which US officials said contained encrypted
] information to direct al Qaeda members to more secure
] sites, featured international news on al Qaeda, and
] published articles, fatwas (decisions on applying Muslim
] law), and books.

I had mixed feelings reading this report. On the one hand, it seemed to have some interesting ideas. On the other, some of it seemed to be poorly researched. For example, on the subject of steganography, the author states:

] The practice of steganography, which involves hiding messages
] inside graphic files, is a widespread art among criminal and
] terrorist elements.

However, based upon my own research, steganography is *not* in widespread use. Also, the author misquoted other Al Qaeda statements which I've run across, which makes me doubt the reliability of other statements in the same article. Ultimately, this seems to be a lot of speculation and/or parroting of unresearched comments in other open source reports, and not much in the way of new hard info. But there are a few snippets here and there which, as long as they're taken with a grain of salt, are worth noting.

US Army War College Quarterly - Al Qaeda and the Internet