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Reading Terrorists' Minds About Imminent Attack

Posted by timothy on from the that-sounds-rather-pat dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Imagine technology that allows you to get inside the mind of a terrorist to know how, when, and where the next attack will occur. In the Northwestern study, when researchers knew in advance specifics of the planned attacks by the make-believe 'terrorists,' they were able to correlate P300 brain waves to guilty knowledge with 100 percent accuracy in the lab, said J. Peter Rosenfeld, professor of psychology in Northwestern's Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences."

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  1. Re:so PRE crime starts now and how do they jury tr by mysidia · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's not a problem. A jury trial is only required to prosecute you of a crime you actually have committed.

    Holding you imprisoned based on a crime you thought about committing, doesn't require you to be guilty.

    Also, your inability to gain access to a lawyer, see visitors, or have anyone be informed of where you are (or that you are held), due to restrictions imposed on people thinking about terrorism, will prevent you from challenging the authorities' decision to hold you.