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> Is it a random sample or was this data selected by Snowden using some criteria?

Let's take one probable situation: Let's say Snowden took everything he could. That means there a gathering of data made by an employee at the NSA which results in 90% non-intelligence targets. What was the employee working on?

- Increasing the relevance of data? Not probable.

- Working on a usual sample of data? Most probable.

- Targetting non-intelligence targets on purpose? Scary and illegal.



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