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I don't think this is a good example. If memory serves, the threat _was_ detected, however it was not acted on. There was lots of finger pointing about lack of
by rickmode 6y ago
I don't think this is a good example.
If memory serves, the threat _was_ detected, however it was not acted on. There was lots of finger pointing about lack of coordination, but (as I recall) the core problem was that it was one threat amount many (100s? 1000s?), so the threat detection was generating too much noise.
Ubiquitous surveillance could (does) easily end up creating the same situation: not enough signal among the noise.
- shadowgovt 6y agoIt's not an example; it's the causal explanation. The article in question at the top of this thread is discussing the Patriot Act expansion; the family of laws passed in direct response to the attacks of 2001.
- rickmode 6y agoAh. Understood. The Patriot Act is the problem. We knew it at the time. Sounds like we all agree on that point.
- NineStarPoint 6y agoEDIT: Didn’t take much reflection to realize a lot of awful stuff liberty wise happened during the cold war, so scrap my comment.