It would be unfortunate if data mining for terrorism discovery had currency within national security, law enforcement, and technology circles... because pursuing this use of data mining would waste taxpayer dollars, needlessly infringe on privacy and civil liberties...At this stage of the game, what's required isn't more Powerpoint peepshows... it's what soldiers call "ass in the grass."
Given the current situation, that isn't going to be an easy sale.
CBS News reported that Defense Secretary Robert Gates has recommended that the president order an immediate 10,000 additional troops to Iraq with an option to double that number by spring under a plan in which five additional brigades of troops could eventually help in Baghdad and two in troubled Anbar province.
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