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jen_h on Aug 1, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Pressure cookers, backpacks, and quinoa, oh my

She's inferring that her searches are the cause. It's not clear that the agents ever explicitly stated that they used search history to profile the family. They asked, "Have you ever looked up pressure cooker bombs?" They might ask this question of everyone.

dyinglobster on Aug 1, 2013 [–]

Someone posted this below which I find hilarious.

"Section Chief: You dispatched field agents without understanding the base rate theorem!? You're a loose cannon, McGillicutty...

McGillicutty: ...I get results!

Section Chief: Mathematically, you shouldn't. Ergo, you don't."

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