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O 200703Z AUG 08
FM AMEMBASSY MANILA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 1654
INFO RUEHZS/ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS IMMEDIATE
RHHMUNA/CDRUSPACOM HONOLULU HI IMMEDIATE

UNCLAS MANILA 001980 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR S/CT, EAP/MTS, EAP/RSP, DS/ATA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ASEC CT PGOV PREL PTER RP
SUBJECT: PHILIPPINES: COUNTERING TERRORIST USE OF THE 
INTERNET 
 
REF: STATE 82980 
 
¶1. (SBU)  Following consultation with post's Law Enforcement 
Working Group (LEWG), post has no objection to S/CT's 
proposed "countering terrorist use of the internet" training 
program, to be implemented by DS/ATA with FY 2008 regional 
NADR funds. 
 
¶2. (SBU)  We suggest that the order of the program's three 
parts could be reversed to good advantage, so that the 
opening segment envisioned as a "Regional Policy Level 
Workshop" would allow senior-level policymakers an 
opportunity for buy-in and the establishment of priorities. 
Secondly, while there is significant Internet use in the 
Philippines, we suggest that the program should also address 
cellphone SMS text messaging, which is in far more common use 
here than Internet-based E-mail.  Lastly, in our view, 
shortening the proposed program (from its 
presently-envisioned 12 working days) would facilitate 
broader participation by higher-level interlocutors with 
always-tight schedules. 
 
 
 
 
Visit Embassy Manila's Classified SIPRNET website: 
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eap/manila/index. cfm 
 
You can also access this site through the State Department's 
Classified SIPRNET website: 
http://www.state.sgov.gov/ 
KENNEY