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Monday, 8 April, 2002, 07:51 GMT 08:51 UK
Clinton backs tech war
on terror Clinton: Use of technology for defensive purposes Bill Clinton has been outlining how technology can play a key role in defeating the new brand of terrorism.
The former US president said that information management systems similar to those used by the big mass mailing companies could provide an early warning about suspicious behaviour.
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But the problem was that the data were spread over different bodies and different computer systems.
"A piece of data in isolation may mean absolutely nothing, but put together with other fragments of data, it may suddenly paint a picture," explained Dr Ruth.
"But if different individuals have the fragments and they never put them together, then we will never paint that picture.