Once the protests begin, the demonstrators' media collective will issue live radio Webcasts. But sometimes, the virtual goes too far. Some anti-World Bank posters contain only a Web address for more information. No telephone number. And the new tool has two edges.
Some protesters think they are being watched.
They are correct. Police are monitoring the Web pages. Executive Assistant Chief Terrance W. Gainer said D.C. police have not posed as protesters in virtual chats, but he would not say whether undercover officers are mingling among protesters at meetings. That's what Detective Neil Trugman of the intelligence unit figured. He and a partner showed up at organizer Adam Eidinger's Adams-Morgan apartment building one night after getting word that Eidinger would lead six crews to hang posters around town.