Terrorism and software

Photon Courier has today's must read blog post.

SOFTWARE VERSUS TERRORISM

A key part of the FBI's efforts to improve information sharing-- the Virtual Case File system-- does not work. I agree with Photon Courier that the key issue is not the $170 million spent on the system, it is the wasted time.

This issue has been covered in a pretty low-key manner in the media, and in the blogosphere not much at all. What coverage there has been has tended to focus on the $170MM...but I am much more concerned about the loss of time. $170MM may sound like a big number, but it is pretty small compared with the cost of a single large-scale terror incident.

When i get time later today i intend to post some additional thoughts. In the meantime head on over and RTWT.