In light of the abundant Twittering and Facebooking happening this weekend in response to Iran's contested presidential election, an obvious question that has come up has to do with where and how the many engaged observers outside Iran can otherwise channel their considerable energies and interest. One answer tonight might involve a bit of cyber aggression aimed at the Iranian government. Josh Koster of the DC-based political firm Chong and Koster, along with others, has been attempting to crash www.IRIB.ir -- the Farsi-language website of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, a government-sponsored media outlet. IRIB seems to be backing the legitimacy of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's claim to re-election. On its English-language version, at least, IRIB has been promulgating his framing of his hold on office as "the true manifestation of people's [sic] right to decide their own destiny."

To try to bring down IRIB.ir, Koster and others making use of a free web app called Page Reboot... [Keep reading]