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Open-Government Technique Used on Iraqi Documents

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the you're-not-busy-this-week dept.

stalebread writes "MSNBC has an article looking at an internet-based 'many hands make light work' approach to data sifting. From the article: 'The federal government is making public a huge trove of documents seized during the invasion of Iraq, posting them on the Internet in a step that is at once a nod to the Web's power and an admission that U.S. intelligence resources are overloaded. Web surfers have begun posting translations and comments, digging through the documents with gusto.'"

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  1. Not strictly a dupe... by SpectreHiro · · Score: 3, Funny

    http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/19/203723 2

    See, the story last time was that the Boston Globe was reporting it. Now MSNBC is reporting it. That's news, baby.

    Tomorrow's Headline: The Poughkeepsie Herald reports that the US Government is using Open Source techniques to...

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  2. dupe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    dupe-e-dee-doo-daa!
    dupe-e-dee-day!
    my o my, two dupes in one day!

  3. Iraqis Gone Wild: Desert Heat Edition! by JonTurner · · Score: 2, Funny
    you don't know if A is doing X to B in paragraph 1 and B is doing Y to A in parag 7, or if A does both X and Y to B.
    That sounds like some crazy wild stuff. Any chance you have a link to the video?
  4. Re:Make no mistake... by soupforare · · Score: 1, Funny

    Right wing? Surely you jest.

    This is obviously the work of the Zionist shadow government. They've been working towards Jewish dominance of the middle east since before WWII. Soon, it will be THE WORLD.

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  5. Right... by Jeian · · Score: 2, Funny

    They're trusting the medium that spawned SomethingAwful, GNAA, goatse, tubgirl, etc.? That's... not very reassuring. :P

  6. Re:Something is Fishy about this Whole Story by Sigg3.net · · Score: 2, Funny

    If Washington paid a translator salary of $200,000, hordes of translators would suddenly appear out of the woodwork.)

    That's it! They're in the woodwork! Gas 'em outta there!

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