The February, 2002 issue of Darwin magazine carried a cover story by Susannah Patton. The article was titled Putting the Pieces Together. Without the political stench that Daschle and Gephardt have unleashed this week, Ms. Patton wrote a clear and thorough piece about the incredible challenge of tying fragments of information together. She covers the technical challenge, but she also covers the cultural challenges of getting agencies to share when they have most often competed.
The fact that this was written well before this week's nonsense makes it timely!
