Re:Obama does not feel Americans' privacy violated
by tomrod on Sunday June 16, 2013 @10:43PM
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> You can't represent cost:threat ratio as dollars per person tracked
Sure you can. If you're only using the program to track 300 people, the average cost is the total cost divided by 300.
As you point out, there is a very small risk of dying from a terrorist plot is low. So if we're spending so much money and only tracking 300 people, there is clearly a problem.
Sure you can. If you're only using the program to track 300 people, the average cost is the total cost divided by 300.
As you point out, there is a very small risk of dying from a terrorist plot is low. So if we're spending so much money and only tracking 300 people, there is clearly a problem.