Is anyone surprised by this? Anyone at all? Give someone power and secrecy and they’ll eventually abuse it.
And give a Chicago pol some power and secrecy and he'll use it before the sun goes down today.
It’s an old, old human failing. How many incidents do we have in the Bible of people eavesdropping? Of looking over the garden wall to see a fine woman bathing? Etc.
There is nothing new under the sun.