This is very disturbing news. The reactionary Republican-supporting U.S. Chamber of Commerce enlisted military contractors to conduct a cyberwar against progressive organizations.
One military contractor boasted about his firm could work with some of his competitors to manipulate fake online identities on sites like Facebook to gain access to private information on the Chamber of Commerce's targets.
Read the whole article linked above. It's very troubling.
Of course, both sides could play this game. What would happen if some progressives infiltrated the tea baggers as sleeper agents to be used closer to the election?