Why Does the NSA Need Over One Million Sq.Ft. of Data Storage Space?

Self | June 19, 2013 | Stayfree

[Stayfree]

If the NSA is not spying on all Americans, why does it need such a huge data storage facility on top of what they already have? I think we know the answer and it is not pretty!!!!!!

[Stayfree]

Ask the question!!!

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

To store duplicate threads.

;-)

[humblegunner]

Racquetball and indoor Squash.

[freedumb2003]

>>To store duplicate threads.<<

LOL

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3033215/posts

[NonValueAdded]

does that mean they have 2 million sq feet?

[CMB_polarization]

SETI is pulling down gibberish from deep space and needs the room to store it - the NSA will try to decode it.

[ThomasThomas]

To store duplicate threads.

;-)

or

redundancy

[A.A. Cunningham]

Don’t forget all the mindless vanities.

[newheart]

Backup storage of Obama’s speeches?

[Travis McGee]

[AnAmericanAbroad]

To store all the LOLCats photos and videos, obviously.

The internet is full of cats.

[Dick Bachert]

They’ve calculated that each new federal bureaucrat requires a minimum of one square yard or 9 square feet. 1,000,000 square feet will provide space for approximately 111,111 new (OXYMORON ALERT!) “government workers” , making a dent in the unemployment figures before the 2014 elections.

[TaMoDee]

Here’s the answer when I asked NSA: “Warehouse 13 is almost filled up.”

[jonrick46]

All conversations are converted to text using voice recognitions software. You need the storeage space to store the text files.