PDF - http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/060814_lewis_commentary.pdf
James Lewis
“The arrests show that surveillance of travel, finance, and communications is essential for defense. The reliance of the jihadis on global travel and communications is a vulnerability. We must take advantage of this. The networks have given al-Qaeda and its followers a global presence but they also create the opportunity for Western intelligence services to intercept and disrupt their operations. These networks are our creation, and we should be able to find ways to use them against terrorists more effectively than the terrorists use them against us.”
