Look, many things are country does is unconstitutional. Any vehicle of governance can be unconstitutional if the Constitution is ignored. Name anything, to include Congress itself.
But to suggest NSA is unconstitutional without offering a reason why, is ridiculous.
And then proposing to put it under CIA (which by the way, is more unconstitutional than NSA ever could be). CIA, the same organization that spied on Congress....so yeah.
Your beef is oversight and the lack thereof. This is no different than the Parkland shootings. You are blaming NSA for actions of LEADERSHIP and the courts failing to follow the Constitution and appropriate regulations.
Constitutionality is the most important issue regarding any federal act or organization. The NSA is unconstitutional if it is part of the unconstitutional Administrative State. Are they? Does anyone know for sure?
Well here’s what Encyclopedia Britannica has to say:
“The NSA was created [secretly by Harry Truman] in part out of the belief that the importance and distinct character of communications intelligence warranted an organization distinct from both the armed forces and the other intelligence agencies. While it operates within the Department of Defense, the NSA also belongs to the Intelligence Community (a coalition of 17 intelligence agencies) and as such acts under the supervision of the director of national intelligence. The director of the NSA is a military officer of flag rank (i.e., a general or an admiral) with a minimum of three stars. Not being a creation of Congress, the NSA often acts outside of congressional review; it is the most secret of all U.S. intelligence agencies.”
https://www.britannica.com/topic/National-Security-Agency
Certainly sounds like an unaccountable Administrative Agency to me. As such, it should be either be moved as a direct report under the President or dissolved.
I have also said, that it still should be questioned as to the need for all these Nazi-esque “security” organizations.
As I understand it the CIA evolved from the WWII OSS, our attempt at that time to have good intelligence against our wartime enemies. Seems reasonable and necessary. Why can’t the Central Intelligence Agency be where “signal intelligence (SIGINT) resides? I have always thought that the FBI and the CIA are direct reports through a legit cabinet department to the President. If not, THAT needs to get fixed.
Look, the whole point here is 1) stop supporting the unconstitutional 80% of the feds and 2) clean up and pare down the IC so it is effective to protect the American people from our enemies instead of “protecting” the government from the American People which has been in process for some time now.