Spy agencies deploy extra staff to analyze ‘treasure trove’ of ISIS computer data

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Western military and intelligence agencies are deploying extra analysts to comb through unprecedented amounts of digital data collected from Iraqi regions that have recently been recaptured from the Islamic State.

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