[GhettoMaestro]

While I share your same streak of curiosity, unfortunately this is an area of life that opening up details of your own operations is probably most likely always a net negative.

Get a TS/SCI and go work for CyberCommand if you want to be in the know.

[ptero]

That is a valid argument, but can be applied to any hush hush effort. But such "limited visibility" organizations often push to limit public control, after which their mission or methods may morph to support internal goals that may not be shared by the general public they were created to serve.

It would be naive to require that all government information is shared with the public, but we should maintain robust oversight on all clandestine activities and give that oversight teeth to correct problems when such activities to too far. My 2c.

[itronitron]

US citizens would be better served by having more oversight and transparency into the lobbying efforts of the NRA and health insurance companies, among others. The civil servants at the NSA have far more in common with 'the public' than any executive at a company that can afford to lobby Congress.

[GhettoMaestro]

Totally agree. Follow the money will never be un-true.