Geeks Fighting Terrorism from Palo Alto, California

From a Silicon Valley office strewn with bean bag chairs, a group of twenty-something software engineers are building an unlikely following of terrorist hunters at U.S. spy agencies.

One of the latest entrants in the government spy services, Palantir Technologies has designed what many intelligence analysts say is the most effective too,l to date, to investigate terrorist networks. The software's main advance is a user-friendly search tool that can scan multiple data sources at once, something previous search tools couldn't do. That means an analyst who is following a tip about a planned terror attack, for example, can more quickly and easily unearth connections among suspects, money transfers, phone calls and previous attacks around the globe.

Palantir's software has helped root out terrorist financing networks, revealed new trends in roadside bomb attacks, and uncovered details of Syrian suicide bombing networks in Iraq, according to current and former U.S. officials familiar with the events. It has also foiled a Pakistani suicide bombing plot on Western targets and discovered a spy infiltration of an allied government. It is now being used by the Central Intelligence Agency, the Pentagon and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Video credit WSJ Report

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[timo092601]

Great work, now go after the REAL BAD GUYS.....start building profiles on CIA linked terrorists......how do you start? FOLLOW THE MONEY!

[manattan342]

hay thats a great idea keep up the good work guys