Fast Facts from IACSP

[Curtis Baillie]

Here are some Fast Facts courtesy of IACSP:

+265 - Percentage change since 2000 in the value of China's private security surveillance industry:

310 - Minimum number of edits to Wikipedia since June 2004 that have been traced to the CIA:

10 - Feet on each side of the Canadian/U.S. border that by law are supposed to be clear of brush:

44 - Percentage of the border that has not been maintained since 2000:

+50 - Percentage change since the start of the Iraq "surge" in the number of Iraqis detained in U.S.-run prisons:

+540 Percentage change in the number of Iraqis aged nine to seventeen detained:

16 - Number who said they had done it for the money:

0 - Number of the world's most valuable companies last year that were Chinese:

3 - Number this year:

$8 Billion - Estimated amount that Americans lose every year by not redeeming gift cards:

11,854 - Number of Christmas Trees FedExed last year to U.S. Troops:

14,000 - Number of golf clubs a Phoenix tourism group sent to troops overseas as part of its "Operation White Christmas" last year:

Source: Harpers, The Economist, The Washington Times

[Bill Warnock]

Curt, thank you very much. That is a lot of interesting information. A couple are problematic.
Enjoy the day,
Bill

[NRM_Oz]

Interesting information and happy to see it ending with something on a good note with the Xmas Trees to the troops, etc. Interesting to note the number of CIA based edits that could be traced - how many more were not traceable ?

[darkenna]

Interesting information and happy to see it ending with something on a good note with the Xmas Trees to the troops, etc. Interesting to note the number of CIA based edits that could be traced - how many more were not traceable ?

...and what were they editing? I mean, if they're only correcting the spelling of names and fixing specific dates, that'd be fine... but somehow, I doubt it.

[NRM_Oz]

What the CIA and probably other government agents do anything not right ? Naaaaaahhhhhhh Dark ......... can't believe it and I categorically deny it. I am sure they are not the only ones who have been out with the red pen making ummmmmmmmm `corrections` ?

[Mr. Chaple]

Maybe Wikipedia is just too much competition for the World Fact Book.

[SecTrainer]

I have no problem whatsoever with the CIA or anyone else correcting some of the gross errors you can find on Wikipedia. Besides, many "edits" are simply filling in missing information, not changing things. So what?