Re: "What went wrong with US Intelligence" on NPR now...

On Wednesday 19 September 2001 01:33 pm, Chuck Lewis wrote:

> In the case of this show (and the only reason I started listening to NPR
> was last week and they were the only station I could get to come in worth a
> darn that had continuing coverage...) I was watching for who the guests
> were etc. They actually had a balanced roster and even included some
> senators who are responsible for some of the subcommittees that over see
> this stuff. Didn't learn a lot but there were some interesting things
> noted. Once again, the need for human operatives and of course the
> difficulty of this. Also the need to be able to digest all the info that

> come in, especially for the NSA, etc. A daunting task, no doubt :-)

I imagine so. Aside from needing (greatly) more operatives to collect
information, I would think there could be quite a bit more done to cull
through available information for clues.

When you consider the vast amount of information available to go through,
even without subpoena or warrent, it does seem like there is an opportunity
for AI or even just data mining to make a difference. In this respect, I wish
all the work could be done by computer.

> Chuck

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