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The Intelligence Community worked the Internet for intelligence collection by getting involved with the UFO community, as explained by author Gus Russo, in his article "The REAL X-Files: Is Uncle Same a Closet UFOlogist?"
It is relatively simple to tweak the flypaper by interacting with some of the players (the term "useful idiot" comes to mind) and then remain like a fly on the wall, observing the result.
Coordinate, supervise, and facilitate the FBI's investigation of those federal violations in which the Internet, computer systems, or networks are exploited as the principal instruments or targets of terrorist organizations, foreign government-sponsored intelligence operations, or criminal activity and for which the use of such systems is essential to that activity;
The organization’s terrorist activity or terrorism must threaten the security of U.S. nationals or the national security (national defense, foreign relations, or the economic interests) of the United States.