Spying: "billions of transactions" DAILY!

whether he intends to or not, mcconnell has revealed more information about u.s. electronic surveillance and spying activities than we have had yet, minus the intelligent guesswork that we've all engaged in...

The United States' top spy said American intelligence agencies are intercepting "billions" of conversations and e-mails abroad, but he would not say how many Americans have been inadvertently snared in this international warrantless wiretapping dragnet.

Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell would say only that the number of Americans overheard by National Intelligence Agency eavesdroppers was "small" in relation to the massive number of "transactions" intercepted from overseas targets.

"It's a very small number considering that there are billions of transactions every day," McConnell told the House Judiciary Committee Monday.

The US is spying on "thousands, potentially millions (of) potential targets of interest," McConnell said later in the hearing. Congress is beginning to consider another update to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which requires intelligence agencies get a warrant before spying on Americans.

i don't have much of a head for numbers, but the "small number" in relation to the "billions of transactions" would be interesting, no...? for chuckles and grins, let's say it's 1%... so, what's 1% of a billion...? well, gol-e-e-e-eee, clem, looks like about ONLY TEN MILLION to me...! how about 1/10 of 1%...? damn...! that knocks it down to ONLY ONE MILLION... sh-e-e-e-e-e-it, jethro... nothin' to worry about THERE...!

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