The NEFA Foundation is committed to developing web-based products that take advantage of technological advances, and to the rigorous examination of how technology helps or hinders efforts to protect U.S. national security. Are there any new Web 2.0 tools that will aid counterterrorism? Some have argued that the American intelligence community should replace hierarchical methods of information-sharing in favor of greater horizontal communication. This is the ethos behind Wikipedia, the free on-line encyclopedia whose topical entries are literally written and edited by with access to the Internet. Is the expansion of “wiki” technology into counterterrorism something to fear? NEFA Contributor Jeff Breinholt examines this question in the context of how Wikipedia has been used by American courts, a phenomenon that has a three-year history.

Appendix A: Federal Cases Citing Wikipedia
Appendix B: State Cases Citing Wikipedia
Appendix C: Federal and State Cases Which Used Wikipedia as a Dictionary
Appendix D: Federal Cases Citing Wikipedia Where Judge is Identifiable 

NEFA Contributor Jeff Breinholt has written an in-depth review “Boys Will Be Boys”: A Review of Dina Temple-Ralston’s The Jihad Next Door: The Lackawanna Six and Rough Justice in the Age of Terror:  "Here’s a little secret: the United States government would rather Americans in search of adventure not travel abroad to join some other country’s army, to fight in wars to which we are not a party, or (worse) fight against U.S. soldiers where we are. Of course, there is a great romantic tradition of revered historical figures doing just that. Think of Ernest Hemingway, or George Orwell. Still, we now live in different times. The world has gotten smaller. We must do what we can to prevent the export of violence from our shores if we want to be taken seriously among the civilized nations of the world..."