The technology is not what I was pointing out to be not that great (compared to
our opinions of it).
The technology may be remarkable, but our uses and abilities to use it are not
as miraculous as the entertainment industry depicts, and some of our
invincibility thoughts stem.
Larry
Chris Barker wrote:
> On the contrary Larry, the USA's intelligence technology is quite
> remarkable, but it takes remarkable humans to interpret the myriad
> information and to sort what's important from what's merely a
> distraction...
>
> I have seen (some of) it in action, and the difference in results
> between a painstaking operator and one who is overwhelmed by all the
> data is what makes success or failure.
>
> Chris
>
> At 17:52 -0400 11/9/01, Larry wrote:
> >And, the super abilities of the CIA & US intelligence comes, actually, from
> >movies & television depiction, not the much much less reality. Our
> >spy networks &
> >abilities simply aren't that good. Even Clancy was pointing out how
> >this country
> >needs many more operatives doing this kind of thing, and gave
> >figures to support
> >it.
> >
> >Larry
>
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