[FYI] Technology long been heralded in America as the solution to social ills

["Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>]

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/14/technology/14HOME.html

---------------------------- CUT -------------------------------

January 14, 2002  

Federal Agents Look to Adapt Private Technology  

By JENNIFER 8. LEE  

[...]

Technology has long been heralded in America as the solution to 
social ills, and national security has been no exception. Since Sept. 
11, all technology is being re-examined through the lens of security. 
 
The software used by casinos to do employee background checks could 
be used to map relationships among potential terrorists. The graphic 
processing ability of video game consoles could be applied to handle 
large satellite images of the United States. Data-mining software 
used by financial companies could be used to spot health trends as 
early warnings for bioterrorism attacks.  

"We have to think outside the box," said Gilman Louie, the chief 
executive of In-Q-Tel, the technology venture capital arm of the 
Central Intelligence Agency. "We need to start with the premise of 
the idea that someone else has the same problem."  

[...]

---------------------------- CUT -------------------------------  




-- 
To unsubscribe, e-mail: debate-unsubscribe@lists.fitug.de
For additional commands, e-mail: debate-help@lists.fitug.de