[killjoywashere]

> not operate in the background on American soil against hundreds, thousands of nation-state and criminal organizations.

Actually, this space, this sphere of influence, is well recognized and the problem has been well described by the senior folks involved since at least 2001:

* Ash Carter (SecDef) Keeping the Edge: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/keeping-edge

* Michael Hayden (chief of NSA and CIA): Playing to the Edge: https://www.amazon.com/Playing-Edge-American-Intelligence-Te...