Air Force Spending Half Million to Study...Blogs?

Huh. Now why would the military care about blogs? Oh right, that My Favorite Terrorist Camp Experiences Web-Ring Diary threat...yeah...

U.S. Department of Defense Transformation News Story: "ARLINGTON, Va., June 29, 2006 – The Air Force Office of Scientific Research recently began funding a new research area that includes a study of blogs. Blog research may provide information analysts and warfighters with invaluable help in fighting the war on terrorism.

Dr. Brian E. Ulicny, senior scientist, and Dr. Mieczyslaw M. Kokar, president, Versatile Information Systems Inc., Framingham, Mass., will receive approximately $450,000 in funding for the 3-year project entitled “Automated Ontologically-Based Link Analysis of International Web Logs for the Timely Discovery of Relevant and Credible Information.”"