"like so many grand and visionary government projects, “railhead” – an online terrorist database meant to disseminate information to counter terrorism analysts – was done in by cost overruns and mismanagement. recalling comments from representative brad miller, chairman of the house science and technology committee’s investigations and oversight subcommittee, cnet.com notes “”potentially hundreds of millions of dollars have been wasted, delivery schedules have slipped, contractor employees have been laid off.” miller further stated that the net result was a database that “had been crippled by technical flaws”, replaced by “a new system that if actually deployed will leave our country more vulnerable than the existing yet flawed system in operation today.” while technical flaws have recieved"
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