Once again, innovative uses of new technology using the latest software with a twist.  h/t Danger room’s tip  to Stephen Russell’s In Hard Focus blog link to this  newsday.com article about the Connecticut Bankers Association, in conjunction with local police chiefs and the FBI using a web site to post photos of robbery suspects and allow the public to get involved.  This is spot on.  Now, I know intelligence, military and law enforcement folks always gnash their teeth over what if anything to share with the public, but the internet and the public can be the best resource possible.  Ask Unabomber Ted Kaczynski.  The Feds held on to his “Manifesto” for a long time till they finally released it and his brother recognized his writing style.

Of course, spooks never want the bad guys to know we’re on to them (always fearful of revealing methods and sources) but look at the case of the sexual predator we wrote about here and here.  The bottom line is to engage the American people as a resource for fighting terrorism.  Perhaps someone can come up with this as an idea, perhaps someone has.