> Also, criticizing the NSA on their knowledge of statistics seems unwise. The NSA is many things, but "bad at Math" isn't one of them. Surely this would also

> Also, criticizing the NSA on their knowledge of statistics seems unwise. The NSA is many things, but "bad at Math" isn't one of them. Surely this would also apply to NASA, but then you go and read Feynman's analysis of the Challenger disaster and it doesn't seem at all the case. I think the really unwise thing would be to ascribe abilities to an organization based on the abilities of individual members as politics starts to take over. http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/51-l/docs/rogers-commission/Appendix-F.txt http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/51-l/docs/roger...