On 8 Nov 2001, at 11:58, Greg Broiles wrote:
> It's a popular fantasy, this idea that people will faithfully report a > "true name" which can be matched to a database of past actions which will > reliably predict future behavior - but it's a failure in every way, from > the notion of a true, unique name, to the idea that access to dossiers can > be both widely available and reliable, to the idea that it's possible to > know what someone will do tomorrow based on knowledge of his behavior in > the past. > Right. To be brutally specific, identification is generally useless for preventing suicide bombings, because suicide bombers tend not to be repeat offenders. George
