They had clues. I’ll bet they didn’t know as much then as I known now. I’ll bet I don’t know one one-hundredth of what is to be known. A “big bitch on campus” showing up at certain legal events corresponds to a handful of wishes; nothing more. The other hand will fill up faster.
You have a poor memory of the 60s. I remember well the FBI cameras taking pictures of protestors at the Novermber 7 Vietnam Day protest in San Francisco. I was one of the stupid kids in that crowd.
I do have a poor memory of the 60’s. It gets poorer every day.
I’m not talking about taking pictures of a few assigned yahoos to establish their presence at an event. I’m talking about a system for retrieving information that can establish a pattern of movement and communication and how those incidents correspond and intersect with the movements/communications of others – here and abroad. If a system like that were in place, old HRC would have had problems IMO.
Several fundamental problems exist that make a system like that (presented in recent articles) unwieldy. There are also going to be problems interpreting the information that is retrieved. A production system probably won’t be operational in my lifetime. I think that’s unfortunate. Others disagree.
I wouldn't take that bet. She was the valedictorian. Her thesis was sealed.
They knew who she was, what she stood for, and what she was likely to do.
Now, ask yourself: Why, if they did know, was she allowed to proceed without intervention?
That's why your preference for such a computer system is so foolish. It's already in the wrong hands. Under Bush's "No child left behind" initiative, every child in America has a growing dossier. It's already happening and may be too late to stop.