I retired from NSA 16 years ago. I spent most of my career on the tip of the spear, overseas. If all this internal spying was going on while I was working, it went on in an invisible organization. While working overseas, we were continually reminded of our responsibilities under the Fourth Amendment. We were warned that any collection, recording or reporting of communications between US Persons would lead to dismissal or prosecution. My hands and those of my colleagues, FRiend, are spotless. In a career of 33 years, I never heard one word of any such organization.
No doubt they keep everything compartmentalized. You weren’t in the illegal dirty-tricks department, and thus were able to work with a clean conscience. I’m sure they were careful to make sure that anyone with integrity or American values was kept away from the dark side of the agency.
And yet the NSA has publicly admitted all this is happening.
Perhaps you trust your friends. Power corrupts and our current govt is going down the path to totalitarianism very quickly.
The NSA is doing this. THEY are passing info to the DEA among other organizations and the information is being used in criminal prosecutions. They are using illegally gathered information to obtain convictions and LYING about the source of the information to the judge and juries.
FUNSA