I wrote a piece last week for THE WEEKLY STANDARD about American internet service providers who host websites for jihadists. In the course of reporting the piece I came across an Internet Service Provider (ISP) in Texas called The Planet. According to both MEMRI and a whois search, The Planet hosts the website of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). PIJ is designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) by the U.S. State Department for, among other things, killing 162 people by suicide attack over the last 12 years. There is more if you care to read it. The point is, PIJ is not a small, insignificant group. They’re bad guys. It should be noted that hosting the website of an FTO is illegal. As MEMRI points out: