Then imagine these as nodes in a wireless network linked to another network of powerful computers thousands of miles away.
Operation Fast and Furious was an investigation into an Arizona-based gun-trafficking network linked to a Mexican drug gang.
They had been arrested under the Internal Security Act, accused of involvement in Jemaah Islamiyah, a regional militant network linked to Al Qaeda.
It followed a number of raids in Molenbeek in February "carried out as part of an investigation into a recruitment network linked to [Isis]", an official statement said.
Analysts, however, said a major attack was unlikely because the bombers' group, Jemaah Islamiyah, a regional terrorist network linked to Al Qaeda, had been seriously weakened.
French police hope Abdeslam could also shine a light on the links between the attacks in Paris and Belgium, both carried out by a network linked to Isis.
The latest blast comes a month after a military coup attempt blamed by the Turkish government on a network linked to the US-based cleric Fethullah Gülen.
In 1998, when she was only 24 years old, her report on a criminal network linked to arms trafficking was aired on RCN Radio.
On Monday, Iran's Intelligence Ministry said it had broken up an international Israeli spy network linked to one of the attacks, state-owned news media said.
He said the group's mentor network linked "Canadians working in the valley who could help Canadian entrepreneurs who wanted to work in the valley and build strategic relationships".
British security officials say militants based in Britain, including Mr. Othman, have formed extensive ties to the international terrorist network linked to Al Qaeda.
