Two
weeks ago I, along with most commenters remarked on the excellent coordination
of the federated law enforcement in Massachusetts. I noticed raid jackets
titled "Boston University Police" as well as "Diplomatic
Security Service." The National Guard was on the at the scene of the
bombing within seconds, and provided proper logistic support during the
manhunt.
But
that was the response AFTER the bombing. 5 years ago I wrote an article
about local law enforcement BEFORE a bomb goes off. Local Intelligence
collection passed up the chain is as crucial as the feds passing information
down.
What
has changed in the last five years is that it is more possible than ever to do
intelligence analysis from open sources, mainly online. Anyone,... a local
police department or a private security firm could collect all types of data
and crunch numbers to help predict terrorism. Tracing individuals,
running regressions on arcane pieces of data, as well as the ability to do
wiretapping in a hyper-connected world means that local police are able to do a
better job in counter terrorism.
This
of course requires a national legal and administrative framework to handle in
information from municipal police.
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