Comments on: Secrets & Hypocrisy: Never kiss and tell http://kenklaser.gaiastream.com/2006/06/30/secrets-hypocrisy-never-kiss-and-tell/ thoughts, ramblings, and rants Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:07:33 -0400 hourly 1 By: Ken http://kenklaser.gaiastream.com/2006/06/30/secrets-hypocrisy-never-kiss-and-tell/comment-page-1/#comment-1624 Ken Sat, 01 Jul 2006 21:22:47 +0000 http://kenklaser.gaiastream.com/?p=98#comment-1624 <p>The following article, <a href="http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig7/rudmin1.html">The Politics of Paranoia and Intimidation by Floyd Rudmin</a>, explains the use of Bayes' Theorem to prove that the NSA's collection of data from telecommuniction providers cannot efficiently find terrorists if there are only a few of them, and only if there are millions of them does the probability of correct identification become near certain.</p> <p>Rudmin suggests that the government's mass surveillance's real purpose is likely something other than what is claimed.</p> <p>Bloomberg recently published, <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=abIV0cO64zJE&refer=">Spy Agency Sought U.S. Call Records Before 9/11, Lawyers Say</a>, which most obviously contradicts official statements claiming that the telephone surveillance began as a result of 9/11.</p> The following article, The Politics of Paranoia and Intimidation by Floyd Rudmin, explains the use of Bayes’ Theorem to prove that the NSA’s collection of data from telecommuniction providers cannot efficiently find terrorists if there are only a few of them, and only if there are millions of them does the probability of correct identification become near certain.

Rudmin suggests that the government’s mass surveillance’s real purpose is likely something other than what is claimed.

Bloomberg recently published, Spy Agency Sought U.S. Call Records Before 9/11, Lawyers Say, which most obviously contradicts official statements claiming that the telephone surveillance began as a result of 9/11.

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