“Up until now Washington has worried that terrorists will become hackers. Perhaps we all should worry that hackers will become terrorists.”

—  Ian Bremmer

"Cyberteeth Bared," http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/23/opinion/23iht-edbremmer23.html?_r=1&ref=wikileaks The International Herald Tribune (December 22, 2010).

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