NSA is telling journos their query errors are really low. My post shows that queries on dragnet database really high. http://www.emptywheel.net/2013/08/16/21-of-the-database-query-errors-in-1q-2012-involved-the-phone-dragnet-database/ …
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Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel A fifth of the database errors concerning MARINA sounds a lot, but the absolute number of 24 incorrect queries is very small1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @electrospaces
@electrospaces Not if only 75 IDs were queried that quarter.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel I guess, that number of 75 is derived from the 300 "seed identifiers", mentioned in the Govt. White Paper?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @electrospaces
@electrospaces Mentioned over and over and over. Yes. That number is low tho, bc some queries are run more than once.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel Yes, and it's not really clear to what extend these seed identifiers lead to new queries of id's found from the initial query2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@electrospaces But I agree that one potential error would be picking, say, a terrorist's lawyer to do additional hops off of.
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