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  • U.S. counterterror agency lacks "Google-like" search

    01/20/2010 5:42:56 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 9 replies · 426+ views
    Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 1/20/10 | Deborah Zabarenko
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A senior counterterrorism official said on Wednesday his agency lacks "Google-like" search capability that could have identified the suspect in the attempted Christmas Day airline bombing. The National Counterterrorism Center, the agency charged with reviewing disparate data to protect against attacks, does not have a computer search engine that could have checked for various spellings of the alleged bomber's name and his birthplace in Nigeria, the center's chief told a Senate hearing on security reform. "We do not have that exact capacity," said Michael Leiter, adding that the agency is working on solutions that could be in...