So is this anti-terrorism too? (Score 2, Interesting)

So they're building a model of the internet to hack, so they can better deal with threats. Is the government really that much at risk that they need to do this? Surely they could just hire some really good hackers at ludicrous salaries to protect themselves?

Or is this really more war on terror stuff? Do they think that terrorist groups are operating over the internet and are they actually setting up some sort of training ground for an elite anti-terrorism unit to stop Osama Bin Laden getting his email or something?

Seems a bit sus to me...