Only 1.6 Percent Of Global Internet Traffic Is Review By The NSA

NSA Claims It 'Touches' Only 1.6 Percent Of Internet Traffic -- Cnet

In an unsigned document, the agency says that its communications data collection is comparable in scope to a "dime on a basketball court."

Just hours after President Obama defended the National Security Agency's activities, the foreign surveillance agency released a document in which it claims to review only a small faction of Internet traffic on a daily basis.

In a seven-page paper released late Friday titled "The National Security Agency: Missions, Authorities, Oversight and Partnerships"(PDF), the agency asserts that the amount of data it collects from the global communications apparatus on a daily basis is comparable in size to a dime placed on a basketball court.

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Update: NSA to world: we're only watching 1.6% of internet -- Register

My Comment: An unsigned document from the NSA telling us that their "spying" is minimal at best. Why am I skeptical of these claims .... hmmm .... oh yeah .... this is the reason why.