This means the actual number “scooped up” is thousands of times higher and they made no effort to avoid doing so.
Why did he declassify 56,000 so willingly...?
The honest answer is the one that squeeks out AFTER you’ve started pouring the molten lead.
THEY’RE INCERPTING *EVERYTHING*.
“Why did he declassify 56,000 so willingly...?”
It’s a limited hangout.
Victor Marchetti wrote: “A ‘limited hangout’ is spy jargon for a favorite and frequently used gimmick of the clandestine professionals. When their veil of secrecy is shredded and they can no longer rely on a phony cover story to misinform the public, they resort to admitting—sometimes even volunteering—some of the truth while still managing to withhold the key and damaging facts in the case. The public, however, is usually so intrigued by the new information that it never thinks to pursue the matter further.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_hangout
Baracus I, invoking the divine right of Kings...
As in 'All your T.I.T.S. Are belong to US. er us.'
Actually the Total Information Awareness idea is merely another of mans feeble attempt(s) to 'become as G-D, knowing good and evil.' After all, the internet is the modern equivalent of The Tree of Knowledge.
There is a data collection system in place and it's called The Jeweled Net of Indra and the records are stored at the Akashic Library. Google those!
I'm guessing the Almighty's view of this is much like the 2001 space odyssey monolith monkeys. Or an
... Alpha-Bet org company picnic, bunch of wankers following Britney Spears around with drones waiting for her to get out of her car...