Using the Internet to provide early warning of impending security threats

The concept of using the Internet to provide early warning of impending security threats has a great deal of merit. Internet message traffic about developing situations tends to precede news and intelligence reporting, since the individuals who originate that traffic are not constrained by the resource limitations to which news and intelligence organizations are subject. It is likely that routine monitoring of messages originating in other countries would help provide strategic warning of developing security threats that would be of concern to governments.