"Dark Side" of Data: The NSA ThinThread Tale
summary
Claims that a $3 million skunkworks system called ThinThread could ingest terabytes per minute, preserve context and PII, apply FISA‑compliant rules, and auto‑discover threats in real time. It scales to high bandwidth, validates data over time, and found pre‑9/11 intelligence in a first query across massive archives. Management aborts it, the agency buys Trailblazer for billions and fails, and whistleblowing triggers a DOJ Espionage prosecution with ten felony counts — a concrete example of technology, costs, outcomes, and legal fallout.
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chapters (4)
- 0:00Start
- 4:18What happens to decision making? What happens to your future?
- 10:28What ThinThread Did
- 15:27What Future Do We Want to keep?
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