&gt; Such honey-pots would no doubt catch false-positives but it is a known effective means of reconnaissance and sabotage, considering how aggressively and thoroughly they are connected to social media.<p>The less mature sort of civil libertarian (I consider myself the mature sort of civil libertarian) would no doubt oppose honey pots. Can&#x27;t you imagine it now? &#x27;The government has been running a secret program to entrap people!&#x27;<p>&gt; Where are our NSA pundits? Are they too busy with economic espionage against their patrons&#x27; opponents?<p>NSA&#x27;s job is not economic espionage, and NSA does not often take public stances. It does its job quietly; if it has ideas for how it could contribute to the fight against ISIL, then it would probably not bandy them about the media.