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National Research Council on data mining for terrorists

"No invasion of privacy is justified if the program doesn't work."
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  • Wednesday, October 8, 2008 04:31 PM

    1/10 isn't as wrong as it looks

    The list has 1 million names, not 1 million social security numbers. Assuming an average of about 30 people walking around with any given name on the list and you get the 1/10 figure.

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