we move to activity resolution. translation, it s not just about satellite photos anymore. now the patterns of behavior they reveal are much more telling. when i worked in this business in the 80s, patterns were developed, weeks at best, months, years more likely. patterns these days are days at worst and hours, more likely. so trying to find the pattern in the noise is the real trick. and when we speak about patterns, it s how often does this terrorist leader visit this compound and when? that s right. that s what we re talking about? or in the case of the mysterious compound, it was about normal things that were not happening. they didn t seem to do anything very ordinary, like going to see a movie or going out grocery shopping. they seemed to be staying in the compound. that was mysterious. they had no internet connection, burned their trash and rarely left. but patterns also showed someone pacing in the garden.
intelligence. until u.s. intelligence zeroed in on this compound. an unusual compound, unusual in its security, unusual in its size, and, frankly, unusual in its location. its location, a half mile from pakistan s premier military academy in abbottabad. from miles in the sky, american spy satellites were watching. robert cardillo is the director of the national geospacial intelligence agency. here in the nga operations center, they make sense of the data that u.s. spy satellites beam back. we moved from spacial resolution to what we call activity resolution now. translation, it s not just about satellite photos anymore. now, the patterns of behavior they reveal are much more telling. when i worked in this business in the 80s, patterns were developed weeks at best,
back. we ve moved from spatial resolution to what we call activity resolution now. translation, it s not just about satellite photos anymore. now, the patterns of behavior they reveal are much more telling. when i worked in this business in the 80s, patterns were developed weeks at best, years more likely. patterns these days are days at best and hours more likely. when we speak about pattern, it s how often does this terrorist leader visit this compound. that s right. announcer: or in the case of the mysterious compound, it was about normal things that were not happening. they didn t seem to do anything very ordinary, like going to see a movie or going grocery shopping. that was mysterious.
hayden didn t have much to go on. most of what we had looked more like elvis sightings than they did substantive intelligence. until u.s. intelligence zeroed in on this compound. an unusual compound, unusual in its security, unusual in its size, and, frankly, unusual in its location. its location, a half mile from pakistan s premier military academy in abbott bad abbottabad. from miles in the sky, american spy satellites were watching. robert cardillo is the director of the national geospacial intelligence agency. here in the nga operations center, they make sense of the data that u.s. spy satellites beam back. we moved from spacial resolution to what we call activity resolution now. translation, it s not just about satellite photos anymore.
for years. the trail was quite cold. former cia director mike hayden didn t have much to go on. most of what we had felt more like elvis sightings than intelligence. until u.s. intelligence zeroed in on that compound. an unusual compound, unusual in its security, unusual in its size and, frankly, unusual in its location. its location, a half a mile from pakistan s premier military academy in abbottabad. here in the operations center at the national geospatial intelligence agency, we move to activity resolution. translation, it s not just