NSA scandal or near-perfection? by Jenifer Rubin
According to Jenifer the NSA scandal is not as big of a deal as most people think it is. Although
I do not fully trust her statement, she does have some numerical figures that may or may not be accurate. The chance of the NSA committing an "error" is .00001156666 which is almost nonexistent. Of course, that is assuming that statement the NSA released about making 20 million inquiries each month is true. Out of the 2,776 errors (incidents) 1,904 of them involved foreigners whose cellphones were being wiretapped. But does that make it fair? The NSA scandal isn't only about Americans, although it is the primary focus, but it's about assumptions made and distrust created. Even if the error rate is extremely low, the errors made cause immediate negative impact. It's not only about this error it's also about spying and even though they claim they don't "eavesdrop", who can really believe them. It seems like no one can trust anyone anymore; skeptics are everywhere.
I agree with you in that Rubin's statement is not completely trustworthy. In the article she even states that "IF the NSA figures are accurate,..." and then bases her whole argument on this not-so-stable base. Even though the percent error is very low, there is still a chance that a huge error could occur, and then what?
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