NATO analyzes tweets for potential targets

NATO confirmed that it will treat Twitter just as it would more traditional sources of wartime information, utilizing geo-tracked tweets to zero in on potential targets.The violent crash against Muammar Gaddafi began back in February as rebellion calling for him to step down. NATO has since deployed air strikes in the area and scans Twitter for scraps of information leading to the whereabouts of Gaddafi and his loyalists. While no one tweet will launch a missile, relevant tweets will be woven into a greater picture of the situation on the ground in Libya.Specialists analyze a tweet just as they would a wiretapped phone conversation or an intercepted letter in decidedly less digital days.