RE: [iwar] IWAR TECH

From: Wanja Eric Naef [IWS] <w.naef@iwar.org.uk>
Date: Wed Nov 26 2003 - 13:38:22 PST

Fred,
 
I know the feeling of having no support .... Might it be possible to get
access to your archive? Thank you. BTW I run a mailing list which might be
of interest for you
(http://www.iwar.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/infocon-limited). Let me know if
you want to join and I will add you.
 
Regards,
 
WEN

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From: Fred Cohen [mailto:fc@all.net]
Sent: 26 November 2003 21:34
To: iwar@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [iwar] IWAR TECH

Per the message sent by Tony Bartoletti:
...
> I recall, shortly after 9-11, Fred produced a HUGE compilation of "Op-Ed"
> clippings from the left, right, and centrist newspapers of some 50+
> countries around the globe. I read every word, and I think my
"real-world"
...
> Imagine that one could "automate" that process on a regular basis, with
> varying "focus", and with the following "improvements":

> 1. The Op-Ed (or whatever) entries were mapped to some (plausibly)
> unbiased/neutral web of "alliances/alignments" (political, financial,
> cultural, etc.) That mapping would itself be fluid, as alliances are
> re-evaluated, events intervene, etc.

> 2. "Synopsized" (is that a word?) into set of "Major Hypotheses" about
> real-world events, and the groups that tend to cluster around these major
> positions.
...
> An "Engine" for treating the problem from both ends would be interesting
...

I still have the feeds that produced these list outputas and I still
review many of them several times a week. I just don't post it to iwar
all the time because of the time and effort involved. If list members
want access to this archive I can probably provide it, but my notion of
why to build it and what to do with it was far more interesting to me.

I started a project to try to achieve the ideas Tony notioned above as
well as some other objectives when at Sandia that dies from lack of
funding and would be happy to get it to work again if only I could get
the necessary support. For now I just archive the content with the idea
of eventually building historical sequences of reports and subsequent
realities. The idea is to create an enhanced intel capability for
searches and creating the first phase of fused reporting on any given
subject line. At Sandia we prototypes an engine for searching thee
databases and pulling out relevant content in context with citations and
pointers. From this an analyst can go through the related material and
fuse together a report relatively quickly on any given subject complete
with drill-down.

Ah well - no bucks, no Buck Rodgers...

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