State Department officials said they did n't want to speculate the `` should have , could have , would haves , '' but Mark Abdollahian , a political-scientist and co-creator of `` Senturion '' , a `` large data '' predictive analysis tool , says otherwise . Analyzing human behavior , social media , other data points a State Department tool . Comment: Data-driven approach is contrary to conventional `` top-down '' wisdom . Potential to use data analytics in the United States to help forecast terror attacks .
Analyzing human behavior , social media , other data points a State Department tool . Comment: Data-driven approach is contrary to conventional `` top-down '' wisdom . Potential to use data analytics in the United States to help forecast terror attacks .