September 11, 2007 (LPAC)--On the anniversary of September 11, 2001 the Financial Times dedicates a full page to data-mining company FaceBook, which has become a favorite of the creators of social networking sites. The Financial Times, as did the virtual magazine, Wired, last week, and the rightwing magazine Newsweek, two weeks ago, praised young Zuckerberg’s FaceBook as the next online fantasy social networking world that would eventually rival Google and the wonderful Yahoo!s of the future.

As was recently stated in earlier coverage, Newsweek Puts a Mask on Facebook's profile, the social networking sites are an outgrowth of the projects of the British intelligence creation known as International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA).

After the 9/11 attacks INSNA members were consulted by Homeland Security, which had decided a new type of intelligence gathering was necessary: Social Network Analysis (SNA). This INSNA data mining method was called by British intelligence earlier the 'village survey method' or 'traffic analysis', which was used in Ireland, Africa and many other countries under the eyes of the British Empire. The analysis of these networks gave the British Empire a means to use any rogue groups, such as the IRA, to maintain social control.

A 2006 report, "Social Network Analysis as an Approach to Combat Terrorism: Past, Present, and future", by Steve Ressler, president of the Department of Homeland Security Scholars and Fellows Alumni Program, explained, "The use of social network analysis in the mainstream has increased with the growth of a number of new online Internet sites based on social network principles. For example, MySpace, Friendster, and Facebook are three websites that allow users to connect with friends and friends of friends to share photos, blogs, user profiles, and messages. Especially important in teenager culture, these sites map out each user’s network of friends and acquaintances…"