From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Sat Aug 17 2002 - 22:46:44 MDT
On Saturday, August 17, 2002, at 07:52 pm, Greg Burch wrote:
> Now -- How would an extropian spy-chief and covert-ops commander go
> about addressing this task?
> She'd pour resources into systems to make
> both artificial language analysis and human language learning more
> effective.
> She'd spur advances in micro-tech surveillance technology.
> For better or worse, she'd probably give some long, hard thought to
> employing intelligent "profiling" systems
> -- both human and artificial
> -- in as many places as possible.
Greg, I have good news and bad news for you.
The good news is that you are exactly right on track with these five
items. They have already been identified as the key focus of
intelligence technology since the 1980's. A lot of military research
has gone into all of these ideas, and they have progressed much farther
than the private sector realizes.
The bad news is that these systems were already in place before 9/11.
This is the "intelligence failure" that a lot of people are talking
about. These systems were in place and working fine, but they still
didn't help us detect and prevent the tragedy.
I believe you have specified the solution correctly, but the problem
won't be solved once and for all. My years of experience designing
security for black ops programs has proven to me that it will always be
an ongoing race for technology. We can never settle on one solution as
the final one. You have brilliantly identified the main solutions that
are currently being pursued. Future technologies will make these
solutions even better and will help make possible newer solutions.
-- Harvey Newstrom, CISSP <www.HarveyNewstrom.com> Principal Security Consultant <www.Newstaff.com>
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