Counterterrorism IT system was critically defective: former officer

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A former officer said the NCIA "should never have gone out"
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A former officer said the NCIA "should never have gone out"

A key intelligence sharing system used by police to investigate extremists was dangerously flawed and unfit for purpose when it was first introduced, according to a former counter-terrorism officer.

The National Common Intelligence Application (NCIA) was known to be "clunky," "clumsy" and unable to provide consistent outcomes when it was introduced in 2014, former detective constable Tony Thor...

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