The simple math problem that blows apart the NSA’s surveillance justifications. This may as well have eleventy as the answer for all the good this snooping does, not to mention a gigantic waste of money.
*Out of every million people, 1 will be a terrorist, and 1000 (0.1 percent of 1 million) will be false positives. Therefore, Jeff’s probability is 1/(1000+1) = 0.001, or 0.1 percent.
