How Much Data Does The NSA Retrieve And Store Everyday

Every Six Hours, The NSA Gathers As Much Data As Is Stored In The Entire Library Of Congress -- Popular Science

The National Security Agency is, by nature, an extreme example of the e-hoarder. And as the governmental organization responsible for things like, say, gathering intelligence on such Persons of Interest as Osama bin Laden, that impulse makes sense--though once you hear the specifics, it still seems pretty incredible. In a story about the bin Laden mission, the NSA very casually dropped a number: Every six hours, the agency collects as much data as is stored in the entire Library of Congress.

Read more ....

My Comment: I am just curious .... how long does it take for one person to read the Library of Congress?

Grab The Post URL

URL: https://bloggernizer.blogspot.com/2011/05/how-much-data-does-nsa-retrieve-and.html
HTML link code: <a href="https://bloggernizer.blogspot.com/2011/05/how-much-data-does-nsa-retrieve-and.html">bloggernizer: How Much Data Does The NSA Retrieve And Store Everyday "clickable"</a>
BB (forum) link code: [url=https://bloggernizer.blogspot.com/2011/05/how-much-data-does-nsa-retrieve-and.html]bloggernizer: How Much Data Does The NSA Retrieve And Store Everyday "clickable"[/url]