EU, GM Engage Israeli Firm In Internet Terror Search

Israel has been conducting research to determine threats from Islamic terrorist organizations.

The project, funded by the European Union and General Motors, was designed to use algorithms to read millions of e-mails and identify those deemed suspicious or important. The data-mining system, a project headed by Tel Aviv University’s (TAU) Dr. Oded Maimon, was said to have identified 98 out of 100 hits relevant to search criteria.

“Other search engines yield only a small portion of the really interesting messages,” according to Dr. Maimon, who is the author of 10 books on data mining.

Other defense research has been conducted by TAU’s Dr. Ran Bachrach, a faculty member at the Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, who has been developing techniques to detect underground activity, particularly the construction of tunnels.

Dr. Bachrach, regarded as an expert on tunnel detection technology, has employed seismic waves and remote-sensing technologies to monitor underground activity. The non-destructive seismic waves were said to have spotted tunnels just below the surface.

“It’s the type of research that may finally stop the flourishing underground trade between Gaza and Egypt and protect Israeli army border units from being ambushed by tunnel-digging terrorists,” according to a spokesperson of TAU.

TAU has also been conducting research in quantum computing and encryption for the military. In a project headed by Dr. Julia Kempe, researchers were analyzing quantum properties in an effort to revolutionize cryptanalysis.

“If this beast is built, it will break every cipher and code in use today,” Dr. Kempe said.

Sources in the European Union affirm that their involvement in this project will also help all the European countries to protect themselves from incursions of Islamic terrorists who can often be detected through careful Internet research.

David Bedein can be reached at dbedein@israelbehindthenews.com