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Some context here about the 4th-last slide: After all the effort that went into building this sophisticated system, the highest scoring selector it identified t
by peterkelly 11y ago
Some context here about the 4th-last slide: After all the effort that went into building this sophisticated system, the highest scoring selector it identified that traveled to Peshawar and Lahore is a journalist who works for Al Jazeera:
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/05/08/u-s-government-designated-prominent-al-jazeera-journalist-al-qaeda-member-put-watch-list/ https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/05/08/u-s-government...
Michael Hayden, former director of the NSA and CIA, once publicly stated: "We kill people based on metadata":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdQiz0Vavmc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdQiz0Vavmc
This seems pretty worrying to me.
- kenbellows 11y agoMakes me wonder how they judge their rate of "false alarms".
- jjoonathan 11y agoNo need to wonder, it's a matter of public record: "U.S. Drone Policy: Standing Near Terrorists Makes You A Terrorist" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/29/drone-attacks-innocent-civilians_n_1554380.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/29/drone-attacks-innoc...