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US feared threat from 'virtual' Osama
January 10, 2014
US intelligence experts were worried that Osama bin Laden would be reincarnated in an "immortal' form: as a virtual avatar, controlled by a network of al-Qaeda jihadis in cyberspace.

A confidential white paper from 2008, released by the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) this week revealed concerns among members of the US intelligence and security community about the potential use of virtual worlds by extremists and terrorists. Read more
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