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Of hiring analysts to assist us with mining data so that support is a critical tool, the we have been waiting for, we help the overall mission. >> some of those resources will be available, how do you see utilizing the resources that have been available to the city of detroit? >> like the cheese mentioned we're going to look at our current crime strategic plan, we are going to look at the resources the federal government has to offer us in terms of additional training, additional technical assistance, access to subject matter experts and looking at the agencies that are currently in the progra...

Cohen. you have heard that here in the quest for personal freedom and running in on trucetive behavior, we risk what, leaving ourselves open for attack or what? >> that's exactly what we risk, and the reason why is because the key to thwarting terrorist attack is intelligence and information, and not just intelligence but accurate, actionable intelligence, which can only be retrieved by mining data that is real time. and in this case it involved text messages. i've heard both sides of the argue. -- >> i don't know who is wright on this but what if the argument is, if that were so we would have...

These foreign e-mails for key words that might trip them up. might be listing to something. it's about the parsing of words. >> what are they collecting? collecting things that people are looking for, searching for? >> this is metadata, again, right? they're not accessing actual e-mails but sifting through, mining data so they can have data points. if you have a phone call that causes some concern, and if you have an e-mail that causes concern, this is supposed to help them connect the dots and foil anything that might be in the works. >> connecting phone numbers who's calling them. all right....

Calculate if you're a risk. for this company social connections can be very much an indicator how much of a risk you may be, jon. jon: so are there other sites that are mining data from our, you know, facebook use and so forth? >> yeah, good question. facebook isn't the only company they're looking to determine creditworthiness. at least one berman company is mining data from the purchases you make at amazon and ebay. they can even determine your location and consider your creditworthiness based on whether your computer is located where you said you lived or work. now the good news for people ...

Sending the message to. and huge e-mail companies with millions of users do just that. with powerful computers they scan every word for clues to help them sell precisely targeted ads. if you write kayak in several messages soon you see ads for river trips. mention cars and you see models burning across the desktop. google attorneys cited a supreme court decision stating users should have no legitimate expectation of privacy. so in terms of mining data. >> these services are honey pots. >> reporter: mccarthy argues we should all seek out more obscure providers. or better yet he says use an e-ma...