[xgkickt]

It was a smash & grab.

[cedws]

Or smash and delete. If you needed to infiltrate government to cover something up you wouldn’t go straight for it. You would infiltrate many points at once and create chaos and misdirection to obfuscate what you’re really doing.

[TheOtherHobbes]

Backdoors. US government privacy is now compromised at most levels.

[Nasrudith]

Nitpick. Governments don't have privacy. They have opacity. Don't anthropomorphize governments, especially not to that extent.