Topic: Lashkar E Taiba

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."

Virginia resident Jubair Ahmad was charged with providing material support to the terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba after uploading a video to YouTube featuring jihadi imagery. The hosts criticize the arrest as an overreach of policing, suggesting that law enforcement should have simply warned the individual rather than using a sting operation.