The proliferation of this imagery also opens U.S. forces up to attack from less coordinated adversaries, such as the al Qaeda terror
network. In Mombasa, Kenya, al Qaeda terrorists narrowly missed taking down an Israeli passenger jet with a shoulder-launched, surface-to-air SA-7 missile (Stinger). Al Qaeda also recently staged an attack on U.S. servicemen based in Kuwait, killing one U.S. Marine and wounding another. Al Qaeda's demonstrated commitment to attack U.S. military assets, coupled with the group's possession of Stinger missiles and the ability to track U.S. forces through satellite imagery posted on the Internet, illustrates the very real threats facing U.S. forces abroad.

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Prober, Raphael. "Shutter Control: Confronting Tomorrow's Technology with Yesterday's Regulations." Journal of Law and Politics. Vol. 19 (Spring 2003): 203-251. [ 5 quotes ]