Second, each of these news items tends, if anything, to understate the problem.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Connect the dots

To say that the ministry is exercising an abundance of bureaucratic caution (read: preemptive CYA) is to understate the problem.

FORBES: Radioactive Rice and Sudden Acceleration? How About Over-Reaction and Irresponsibility?

So statistics may understate the problem.

ECONOMIST: The methamphetamine business

Some say there is no proof piracy costs sales, and others maintain the older numbers understate the extent of the problem today.

WSJ: Studios Struggle for Focus on Film Pirates' Booty