The police in Britian have credited a group of young Internet users at a Montreal university with alerting them to a Web posting by a British 16-year-old who said he planned to attack his high school with “arson and other forms of violence,” enabling officers to arrest the teenager as he approached the school carrying a knife, matches and a plastic jerrycan of what the police described as “flammable liquid.” (3.21.09 NYTimes)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/21/world/americas/21canada.html?ref=world
This is a wonderful example of a "global community watch" initiative.
IDEA: Create a team of dorm-room cyber sleuths that fights cyber-crime (ie child pornography) and aids law enforcement worldwide.
This blog has lots of useful information on the subject:
http://www.thecybersleuth.blogspot.com
Here is a list of courses on cyber investigation.
http://certification.about.com/cs/securitycerts/a/compforensics.htm
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