I just don't understand why Able Danger is so earth shattering. I'm reading thousands of details here on FR and I just can't make the pieces come together in a coherent picture.
Why is the Clinton administration 'hung' with this information when they skated on not taking Bin Laden when the Sudan offered him?
Some of us though, have been getting some fairly coherent pictures on several fronts.
An example of putting little pieces together is the Niger flap thing and the CBS TANG forgeries that Buckhead and another web site helped expose.
Little details have revealed when the press has been pulling our leg or hasn't revealed all it knows about people it cites as sources.
Lots of little reports reveal reporters' sources hammering in "talking points" more easily than if you read just one report. If you only read one report on an event you won't see the talking point and won't know you're emotions are being manipulated.
Trust me, brilliant data mining and predictive programs are cutting edge. Very.