Other scientists can now use existing databases to sort out the information, and look at the genes involved in the spread of the fungus.

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U.S. officials will still have to deal with what intelligence experts call "noise" -- the vast amount of reporting and other data that make it impossible to sort out the right information until the event actually occurs and the patterns are known.

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The report says the Federal Emergency Management Agency didn't have enough trained personnel or resources, and that the White House was unable to sort through conflicting information to find out what was going on.

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We'll want them to pull in all that information and sort it out between rumor and suspicion and fact and speculation and misinformation, and do an assessment, do an analysis, and then communicate it -- if it's a real threat, communicate that to state and local governments.

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"We'll want them to pull in all that information and sort it out between rumor and suspicion and fact and speculation and misinformation and do an assessment, do an analysis and then communicate it -- if it's a real threat -- communicate that to state and local governments, " Ridge said.

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If bank lending is turning down, for example, anecdotal information is needed to help sort out whether the primary cause is reluctance to lend, a reduction in loan demand, or some combination of the two.

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The way that these sort of political announcements work is that the press office will have sent out information to the usual newspaper desks yesterday.

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