Twitter carried reports of the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound and his death before it was reported by cable news and print media. A Pakistani who says he is an IT professional and coffee shop owner tweeted the attack live.
The Twitter phenomenon has prompted concerns that sensitive information such as the plans for the raid on bin Laden would appear online, but so far there have been no reports of a U.S. military operation compromised by leaks on the social media. -db
From NextGov, May 2, 2011, by Joseph Marks.