Information Overload: Why US Intel Is Falling Short

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/03/04/Shane_Harris_The_Rise_of_Americas_Surveillance_State

Shane Harris, author of The Watchers, claims that U.S. intelligence agencies collect too much information to process competently. "We have essentially created an official system of surveillance that is very good at collecting dots," he says, "and doesn't do a very good job of connecting them."

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Shane Harris, a reporter for National Journal, talks about The Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance State.

Harris charts the rise of America's surveillance state over the past 25 years and highlights a dangerous paradox: he argues the government's strategy has made it harder to catch terrorists and easier to spy on civilians. - Book Passage

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[1RadicalOne]

Unfortunately, while Harris is largely correct, his comments could easily be quote-mined by the Alex Jones-minded conspiracy theorists who think the government is watching their every move with malevolent plans.

[ndyt]

I have worked on databases for decades. Often, a lot of work goes into designing how data will go into it, but very little though goes into how to get data out of it. It is quite maddening.

[chuckyskeys]

uGLE FREEMASONS TALIBAN PATELS

[rebharath]

@geezzerboy for real. the air india case is a study on what NOT to do.

[ananiasacts]

Someone should tell the CIA about WolframAlpha

[ananiasacts]

Yikes. I think even Michael C. Brown could do better.

[Rickdeckard2020]

We've established that you qualify a comment as stupid without subtantive elements to communicate why you disagree. If parallels can be made with documented false flag ops and controlled groups that were reported by the media and gov in a misleading fashion as designed, then theres potential for such an operation that is by its nature both covert and misleading to lead to the wrong conclusions. You may indeed dismiss the possibility offhand as stupid without any examination or debate, as many do

[gajxo]

Dear sir,

you have just completely failed at guessing anything right.

If you're as skillful at analyzing politics as you are at predicting peoples opinions, then, I hope, you might understand why , I think, there is really no reason for me to take any of your comments seriously.

Have a nice day.

[Rickdeckard2020]

Let me guess

You think the media tells the whole truth, that GHW BUsh senior never worked for the CIA before he became Director, that no company is used as a front, That the US has not been using Saudi funded jihadists since the 80s, that Osama never worked for the CIA, that Operation Northwood was never pitched to JFK, that theres no such thing as a false flag or that the JCoS could not plan such a thing, that the Iraq war was not about oil but about wmds, lol, yes, ok I get the picture

[Zubinen]

ugh America. It's only time before our country crumbles.

[geezzerboy]

It is the same in Canada. The RCMP can collect data, masses and masses of if, but they don't have anyone who has the slightest idea how to evaluate and prioritize any of it. To them, every little piece of data, is equal to every other little piece of data. Not one of them knows which dots to connect.

Check how long the Air India case has been going on. That was Canada's biggest terrorist attack, in 1983. Still unsolved. Still in the courts. Millions of pages of so-called evidence..

[gajxo]

One of the stupidest comments outside of the conspiracy videos.