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January 23, 2005
White House To Double Osama Bounty?
Is the White House about to double the bounty on Osama bin Laden's head to $50 million? TIME magazine thinks so. Anyone think this will help? Suppose there's someone, huddled in north Pakistan, who's now going to say, "For $25 million, I wouls never give up brother Osama. But $50 million? Hmmm ..." John Venlet doesn't think so. Further, a careful reading of social network analysis would also prompt an answer of "No." Close networks, like al Qaeda, like clans, are not prone to this type of influence. Still, it can't hurt, can it? I just hope we're not banking on that particular solution (pardon the pun). While on the topic of social network analysis an AQ, see this Global Guerrillas post, which points to Connecting The Dots--a social network analysis of the terror network. Posted by Alan at January 23, 2005 11:44 AM | TrackBackComments
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