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What if…and Palantir, the CIA and FBI’s Threat-Tracking Software

Yesterday, Boing Boing commented on a Bloomberg Businessweek article describing Palantir, a threat-tracking software. Originally developed as a way to detect criminals using PayPal for illicit purposes, Palantir tracks seemingly innocuous data points to determine whether a terrorist plot is in the works. More importantly, it has the ability to raise alarms before the attack…

What if…and “Networked Special Forces”

As described here in an article by Wired (@Wired) magazine’s Danger Room (@dangerroom), General Stanley McChrystal, former U.S. commander in Afghanistan, transformed the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), into a network somewhat similar to the structure of Al Qaeda. McChrystal worked with the CIA, the State Department, the NSA, and other intelligence officials to combine…