[MCRed]

I call it corruption as well. Any time the government violates its own laws, or violates human rights, that's corrupt.

I think americans believe their government is less corrupt in part because corruption is not identified as such.

Illegal domestic spying is corrupt, and a crime... yet no charges have been filed (for instance). This matter here, is possibly in an area where the law isn't as settled, so corruption is an opinion, rather than a fact, but an opinion I would agree with.