There was an article on News Factor talking about one of the key players in Al Qaeda’s internet “marketing” campaign. I’m not sure why the article is so late in coming since the guy was arrested almost a year ago.
Anyway, they say that this guy was instrumental to spreading Al Qaeda propoganda. He made some crucial mistakes while working that helped narrow down his location to the London area.
The article goes on to compare Al Qaeda’s IT department to Script Kiddies, indicating that they are rather inept. While these lower level people seem to be stumbling, I’m willing to bet that we won’t see Osama leaving his digital footprint anywhere.
Instead, I think that these organizations use these people as tools. They couldn’t care less what happens to the people once their purpose has been served. That is why they let them become suicide bombers and don’t blow themselves up. They let these low level people stumble around taking up valuable resources that could be used to track them down.