Laugable

Continuing on from the story of NSA spying below, this is perhaps the most laughable defense for the program I ever heard and deserved special highlighting:

Supporters speaking unofficially said the program is designed to warn of unexpected threats, and they argued that success cannot be measured by the number of suspects it confirms. Even unwitting Americans, they said, can take part in communications -- arranging a car rental, for example, without knowing its purpose -- that supply "indications and warnings" of an attack. Contributors to the technology said it is a triumph for artificial intelligence if a fraction of 1 percent of the computer-flagged conversations guide human analysts to meaningful leads.

That tells you right there, how overreaching and idiotic this program is right there. When was the last time you.

"Yes, Hertz, do you have any sedans that could hold, let me see here, a ton of fertilizer?"