Pages 178 to 186 of this report (CLICK HERE) has an excellent paper on the use of social network analysis to identify nodes in a terrorist network, either to disrupt or prevent an attack from being carried out successfully.
Amongst other examples, the report cites the use of SNA -- or in this case, link analysis -- to track down Saddam Hussein and break up the "Virginia Jihad Network." SNA can also be applied going forward to track the development of the use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Iraq.
Finally, the report places deserved importance on the use of post-hoc SNA, citing the famous Krebs analysis of the 9/11 hijackers and drawing on additional studies to suggest the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway by the terrorist group Aum Shinrikyo could have been prevented with the use of SNA.
Overall a fascinating report, and certainly worth a skim -- if you don't have the time or heart to read the entire 400-page paper, that is.
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