Scanning Arabic for Terror

Intuview is an interesting new company that claims it can detect risk within language:

IntuScan is a decision-support expert system for real-time exploitation of documents in Arabic and other languages. Instantly assesses any Arabic-language document, determines whether it contains content of a terrorist nature or of intelligence value, provides a first-tier Intelligence Analysis Report of the main requirement-relevant elements in the document.

I curious how the software will distinguish intent. For example, in writing about the software I am using words that could potentially trip a sensor. Will there still need to be manual review? It seems that Apparently Arabic-language analysts are in high enough demand that software is being proposed as an alternative. The British are famous for using the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) as a training ground for non-Western intelligence agents. The result of SOAS is a rich resource of international education. What will be the civilian benefits of IntuScan? More harmonious marriages from software at home — risk analysis and first-tier reports for male-female communicators?

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