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dkf

(37,305 posts) Sun Apr 21, 2013, 01:14 AM Apr 2013

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Facial recognition software didn't work.

Davis said he was told that facial-recognition software did not identify the men in the ball caps. The technology came up empty even though both Tsarnaevs’ images exist in official databases: Dzhokhar had a Massachusetts driver’s license; the brothers had legally immigrated; and Tamerlan had been the subject of some FBI investigation.

http://m.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/inside-the-investigation-of-the-boston-marathon-bombing/2013/04/20/19d8c322-a8ff-11e2-b029-8fb7e977ef71_story_2.html

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Facial recognition software didn't work. (Original Post) dkf Apr 2013 OP

Enter 10 lobbyists Archaic Apr 2013 #1

that's both encouraging and discouraging. nt grasswire Apr 2013 #2

No one could have predicted that n/t Fumesucker Apr 2013 #3

That should slow Stratfor down a bit. Downwinder Apr 2013 #4

Or did it.... Riftaxe Apr 2013 #5

Archaic

(273 posts)

1. Enter 10 lobbyists

Reply to dkf (Original post)

Sun Apr 21, 2013, 01:16 AM

Apr 2013

We'll just buy MORE software. And more storage.

grasswire

(50,130 posts)

2. that's both encouraging and discouraging. nt

Reply to dkf (Original post)

Sun Apr 21, 2013, 01:21 AM

Apr 2013

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)

3. No one could have predicted that n/t

Reply to dkf (Original post)

Sun Apr 21, 2013, 01:27 AM

Apr 2013

Downwinder

(12,869 posts)

4. That should slow Stratfor down a bit.

Reply to dkf (Original post)

Sun Apr 21, 2013, 01:34 AM

Apr 2013

Riftaxe

(2,693 posts)

5. Or did it....

Reply to dkf (Original post)

Sun Apr 21, 2013, 03:23 AM

Apr 2013

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Ah what the hell ban all digital images and any productive use of them and their derivatives....it is the only way to be sure.

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