If the NSA & its contractors have nothing to hide, then they have nothing to fear

[JoeyT]

16. Given the history of intelligence agencies in this country,

being a big cynic about it is falling far short of what's appropriate. We didn't get a new FBI, CIA, NSA, etc when Obama was elected. Most of the ones there are the same ones that were spying on Americans and torturing people under Bush without having any problem with it.

For every great victory there's a dozen scandals where they were targeting Americans in some plot or another or trying to destabilize some elected official in another country. And you can be sure they publicize every victory. Hell they even publicize the fake victories where terrorism would've never occurred to the "terrorist" if they hadn't egged him on for six months.

So no, I don't trust them at all. Not one freaking inch. There's a difference between demanding to know what they're doing to Americans and our allies and demanding to know legitimate anti-terrorism activities. Killing Bin Laden is not a "Do whatever you want in secret forever with no one the wiser" card.

I'm not blaming this on President Obama. I doubt he knows a tenth of what the alphabet agencies are doing. It's not like he can follow every agent every minute of every day. To blame him for it would be to credit him with omniscience.