Interesting thoughts from Spencer Ackerman about the limits of social networking, commenting on Jonathan Stray's social network of the counterinsurgent policy crowd. Both pieces are worth a look.
This node analysis is, after all, how they found the right rat hole near Tikrit. Jonathan could be onto something.
Though it pales in comparison to the IW Bottle of Scotch challenge laid out by Frank Hoffman, there's some Thunderbird for anyone that can produce action photos of the elusive Mr. Flick in his burrow.
Update: Some more at Abu Muqawama and Ghosts of Alexander.