| Revelations that the Government spies on it's own citizens without oversight and probably while violating the 4th amendment doesn't have to do with domestic policy? I'm fairly positive that the argument "¯\_(ツ)_/¯ everyone does it" is WHOLLY INSUFFICIENT. if you go to court for a speeding ticket, you know what happens when you claim "everyone was doing it"? You'll get laughed at by the judge. Secondly, if you actually read the documents (and your comments seem to suggest you haven't), a great deal has to do with operations within US borders. Sounds an awful lot like "domestic" policy. The ONLY reason they have hurt the US is because the US is acting immorally (that is, without morals) when it comes to both domestic & foreign intelligence. There's a super simple way not to get hurt by leaks like this: STOP doing STUPID/ILLEGAL/IMMORAL shit. There's a saying: "You don't have to keep track of anything if you always tell the truth". I can't remember who said it, but it's absolutely true. Don't misunderstand me, I get the importance of intelligence work, but there's a right way and wrong way to do things, and for a long time now the NSA has been doing it wrong. |
You keep using this word "immoral" yet i'm sure you'd rather the US to have the intelligence penetration of a banana republic.