Where does this 1000 estimate come from, and how is it calculated? Having all the calls from the District of Columbia recorded - is that 1 illegal access? I ha

Where does this 1000 estimate come from, and how is it calculated? Having all the calls from the District of Columbia recorded - is that 1 illegal access? I have an article here that claims 2700+ incidents from 2011 to 2012. One of which affected 3,000 Americans: "The most serious incidents included a violation of a court order and unauthorized use of data about more than 3,000 Americans and green-card holders. "[0] This is only an internal audit - the only cases I have read about are where this information is volunteered by the perpetrators or investigated after a suspicious victim, that knows about potential NSA involvement has come forward. [0]http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-broke-privacy-rules-thousands-of-times-per-year-audit-finds/2013/08/15/3310e554-05ca-11e3-a07f-49ddc7417125_story.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-br... If the NSA were authorised in another case or acquire the data unintentionally and happen upon incriminating evidence, they feel they are authorised to tip off the FBI - this is where parallel construction comes in. Here's evidence that the IRS has received database information through SOD and the NSA, they have a manual for it: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/07/us-dea-irs-idUSBRE9761AZ20130807 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/07/us-dea-irs-idUSBRE...