What if the secret they told you was, “You are correct, we are operating outside of the boundaries of the constitution. There are many programs that operate this way. We will kill you and perhaps your family if you breath a word of this. We monitor everything. Now go along your way and live.”
Tough call - No?
If they were, they wouldn’t warn or threaten. They would ‘do’. There are many Obama functionaries that are already there. There are still a lot of career employees that aren’t and never will be there.