Re: CIA Behind in Use of Technology (BBC Article)

From: Agent Mimic (null_at_void.net)
Date: 06/07/03 

Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 17:50:14 +0100

"Ron B." <zypher@spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:o4mEa.1142930$F1.136573@sccrnsc04...
> BBC article on CIA use of technology in Intelligence Analysis.
>
> CIA spies shun computers
>
>
> Old technology dominates at the CIA
> In the movies, spies and intelligence agents are the ones with the cool
> gadgets and state-of-the-art equipment, but their real life counterparts
> are far behind.
>
> A recently declassified study said the CIA was five years behind the rest
of
> the world when it came to using technology to do its job.
>
> It found that workers in the CIA's Directorate of Intelligence made little
> use of the internet, used primitive, inflexible databases to catalogue
> information and had none of the software tools common in the business
> world.
>
> The report said the CIA regarded computer technology as a "bogeyman"
rather
> than an ally.
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2965620.stm

nice, or purhaps given the every increasing use of technology for computer
crime.... a bit of propaganda ? ;D 

--
Mimic
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"There are 10 types of people in this world. Those that understand Binary,
and those that dont."

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