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

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

January 14, 2002

Federal Agents Look to Adapt Private Technology

By JENNIFER 8. LEE

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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."

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