*'''24 February.''' UK's GCHQ conducts covert operations to disrupt and shape online discourse.<ref>https://theintercept.com/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipulation/</ref>
*'''24 February.''' UK's GCHQ conducts covert operations to disrupt and shape online discourse.<ref>https://theintercept.com/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipulation/</ref>
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*Reports state al Qaeda's envoy sent from Al Qaeda Central to mediate leadership disputes between local militias and ISIS is killed by ISiS suicide bombers.<ref>[http://time.com/9555/al-qaeda-al-suri-syria-isis/ Al Qaeda’s Top Envoy Killed in Syria by Rival Rebel Group], ''TIME Magazine'', February 24, 2014.</ref> This is the beginning of an eclipse of al Qaeda as the premier jihadist organization and the rise of the JV team, the Islamic State.
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*<font color="brown">Reports state al Qaeda's envoy sent from Al Qaeda Central to mediate leadership disputes between local militias and ISIS is killed by ISiS suicide bombers.<ref>[http://time.com/9555/al-qaeda-al-suri-syria-isis/ Al Qaeda’s Top Envoy Killed in Syria by Rival Rebel Group], ''TIME Magazine'', February 24, 2014.</ref> This is the beginning of an eclipse of al Qaeda as the premier jihadist organization and the rise of the JV team, the Islamic State.</font>
*'''28 February.''' UK's GCHQ, using a program called Optic Nerve, intercepted and stored webcam images from millions of Yahoo users, then passed them on to the NSA's XKeyscore database.
*'''28 February.''' UK's GCHQ, using a program called Optic Nerve, intercepted and stored webcam images from millions of Yahoo users, then passed them on to the NSA's XKeyscore database.