Mission of the Society of Internet Research: * To promote understanding of the nature and threat of Islamic extremist movements, with particular emphasis on the use such movements make of the internet. * To develop and document tools and techniques that facilitate legitimate research and investigations of the internet-based activities of the global jihad, and to facilitate and conduct such research and investigations. * To encourage public, industry and goverment involvement in a collective effort to combat the use of the internet by such extremist movements and the spread of the ideology of jihad via the internet. http://sofir.org/sofir/index.php see also: http://haganah.org.il/haganah/ http://haganah.org.il/haganah/internet.html