[pfflier]

How could they not know?

Billions of messages in internet traffic how would you find the ones that are relevant? This is still the same governemnt that can't run a post office.

[deks]

At #4, VerySadAmerican said:

"How could they not know?" [regarding US intelligence gathering on the Boston and Fort Hood terrorists]

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pfflier & Boogieman replied, including these quotes at #14 and #30:

Billions of messages in internet traffic how would you find the ones that are relevant?

and

No matter how good their software is, it still can only catch a tiny percent of the types of communications that they are looking for.

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I don't know what news forums you are reading, but I have read several articles posted here about the specific terrorism related information that was gathered about the Boston and Fort Hood terrorists before their terrorism.

[zeugma]

Billions of messages in internet traffic how would you find the ones that are relevant? This is still the same governemnt that can't run a post office.

lame.

How about they listen to other intellegence services that were telling them the boston bombers were bad news?

 

[zeugma]

Billions of messages in internet traffic how would you find the ones that are relevant? This is still the same governemnt that can't run a post office.

lame.

How about they listen to other intellegence services that were telling them the boston bombers were bad news?