FBI uses Facebook to nab NY terrorist suspect

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An FBI source communicated with Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis on the site. Nafis was arrested trying to bomb the New York Federal Reserve.

The FBI nabbed a suspected terrorist in part by using Facebook, interacting with him on the site as he allegedly plotted to set off a bomb in New York.

According to a court document found by Mashable, an FBI source used Facebook to communicate with Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, a 21-year-old Bangladeshi citizen in the U.S. on a student visa. Those interactions helped lead to his arrest Wednesday as Nafis tried to detonate a fake car bomb near the New York Federal Reserve. Nafis is believed to have connections with Al-Qaeda.

After making initial contact with Nafis, the FBI then used Facebook to communicate with him via an FBI confidential human source, or CHS.

Facebook and other social media sites have been used to communicate and catch suspected terrorists and other criminals in the past. The FBI has also been trying to gain more access to the sites.

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In alta ordine de idei, datacenterul ala smecher de la facebook nu e sustinut din banii scosi din Facebook Ads; Se mai vand si datele utilizatorilor. Asta-i teoria conspiratiei; Si-mi place.