SITE Institute
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Not to be confused with SETI or SETI Institute.
The Search for International Terrorist Entities (SITE) Intelligence Group is an organization that tracks the online activity of terrorist organizations.[1] The SITE Institute was founded in 2002 by Rita Katz and Josh Devon, who had left the Investigative Project (a private Islamist-terrorist tracking group).[2] In early 2008 it ceased its operations, and some of its staff formed the SITE Intelligence Group, a for-profit entity, to continue some of its activities.[3]
al-Qaeda tapes
- July 4, 2007: A video by Ayman al-Zawahiri was obtained by SITE "ahead of its release on the internet by militant web sites".[4] It was "first reported by IntelCenter and SITE, two U.S.-based groups that monitor militant messages".[5] The video had been "provided by al-Qaeda's as-Sahab Media to IntelCenter".[6]
- Sept. 7, 2007: SITE obtained a 30-minute video of Osama bin Laden and provided it to Associated Press. bin Laden's image is "frozen" for all but 3½ minutes of the tape.[7] SITE "beat al-Qaeda by nearly a full day with the release of the ... video".[8] The US government later pronounced the video authentic. See also: 2007 Osama bin Laden video.
- May 3, 2011: The organization translated a lengthy statement signed by al-Qaeda's General Command that confirmed Osama bin Laden's death and promised retaliation for that death.[9]
See also
- Internet Haganah
- The Jawa Report
- Jihad Watch
- NEFA Foundation
References
- ↑ Smith, Craig S. "Islamists Bring Fight to Capital of Algeria",The New York Times. April 11, 2007.
- ↑ Benjamin Wallace-Wells, "Private Jihad: How Rita Katz got into the spying business", The New Yorker, May 29, 2006.
- ↑ SITE Institute web site
- ↑ Ross, Brian "New Video From Al Qaeda No. 2" (caption to video still), ABC News online, July 4, 2007.
- ↑ Print version of ABC article
- ↑ Agence France Presse,"Al-Qaeda number two slams Hamas for seeking negotiations", July 4, 2007 (subscription required).
- ↑ Associated Press, "New Usama Bin Laden Video Urges Americans to Convert to Islam", Fox News, Sept. 8, 2007.
- ↑ Joby Warrick, "Bin Laden, Brought to You by ...", Washington Post, Sept. 12, 2007, p.A01.
- ↑ Al Qaeda Confirms Bin Laden’s Death New York Times May, 3 2011
External links
- SITE Intelligence Group
- New Yorker Magazine 2006 Profile of the SITE Institute
- New York Times 2004 Profile of the SITE Institute
- MSNBC story featuring Rita Katz
- Katz By Rahel Musleah
- News item about SITE involvement in defamation of Muslim charities
- "Keeping an Eye on Al Qaeda": Newsweek interview with Rita Katz, Sept. 11, 2007, dealing with the Sept. 7, 2007 "Bin Laden" video, etc
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