Re: The problem was that the data pile was ALREADY too big
"They had flagged various pieces of information about these people before, but hadn't put it together"
They have zero interest in "putting everything together" - I mean I'm sure they'd love it to have pre-digested pre-crime warnings but as things are they don't even try; they're not interested in drinking from the garden hose, what they want instead is no faucet to exist that they can't open instantly any time they feel like it...