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The Interview Show
Episode 534 1:03:56 - 1:08:21

534: The Interview Show

John Dixon, Data Analysis Limits and the Mumbai Terror Attacks

John Dixon explains that the ability to collect data far exceeds the ability to analyze it, leading to massive backlogs of unexamined intelligence. He cites the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks as a case where Indian intelligence had recorded the communications but failed to correlate the data until after the event. Dixon argues that mass surveillance often makes the "haystack" larger, making it harder for analysts to find critical "needles."