I never said we were better off without SIGINT. I questioned the constitutionality of the NSA.
SIGNIT should be the CIA’s job and should be CLOSELY supervised so our protectors don’t become our captors. How many intelligence agencies do we need? Also, the NSA is part of the unconstitutional Federal Administrative/Regulatory System - the unconstitutional fourth branch of the feds.
CIA has no core competancy or capacity for SIGINT. Why would you want to put SIGINT in a HUMINT organization, particularly when it only answers to the President?
I think we are getting crossed on the definition of what is unconstitutional, and we have different ideas on oversight. In the end, EO 12333 and the Constitution were not followed. It is up to the American people to apply pressure to get justice, and not throw the baby out with the bath water.