Notes

Palantir is building a system by which any law enforcement agency can look up records for people
Palantir's system collects astronomical amounts of law enforcement data
Users can use Palantir's systems to drill down to find people matching particular descriptions
All of the features of big dataare being used on criminal and law enforcement data in Palantir's systems
Systems are either query-based or alert-based
Automated license plate readers collect and store information on everyone, not just those under investigation
Palantir's system allows for circumstantial evidence to paint a more comprehensive picture than what's really going on