Paul, it isn't the CIA that does the snooping. It is the NSA. And as
John is a foreigner, they will collect what they can. Whether they would
be interested in him as an academic statistician looks relatively
unlikely. But can we be sure?
Larry
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From: "Paul Ashton" <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: 22/03/2015 19:17:27
Subject: Re: Wanted: World data by country
>Not in speadsheet format, but the annual World Factbook book provides
>information on the history, people, government, economy, geography,
>communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for
>267 world entities.
>
>It's prepared by the CIA "for the use of U.S. government officials, and
>its style, format, coverage, and content are primarily designed to meet
>their requirements. It is frequently used as a resource for academic
>research papers."
>
>https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/download
>Current and past years editions 2000 - 2014 available.
>
>2014 edition can be downloaded here:
>
>https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/download/download-2014/factbook.zip
>(245mb, 750mb when unzipped)
>
>Post-Snowdon, they won't attempt to trace and read your emails.
>Perhaps.
>
>Paul Ashton
>
>
>On 22/03/2015 12:58, John Bibby wrote:
>>Can anybody advise me on this please?: I'm wanting a spreadsheet
>>listing every country with a large range of data for each (area,
>>population, income, etc etc., with subcategories where possible).
>>
>>There are lots of possible sources. But which is the best, esp. in
>>terms of range of variables, uptodateness, quality of metadata, etc
>>etc?
>>
>>Thanks for any advice.
>>
>>JOHN BIBBY
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