The legality shouldn't even be part of the conversation. Government activity that is fascistic is usually going to be completely legal or made legal once revea

The legality shouldn't even be part of the conversation. Government activity that is fascistic is usually going to be completely legal or made legal once revealed. We saw the government do this with the USA Freedom Act. Before that, they claimed to have authorization under the FISA and PATRIOT Acts. They do not want oversight, and the "abuses" are actually functioning exactly as intended. This is also why they endlessly lie to our faces about what is going on and don't get fired, even when they have been outed repeatedly. Also, there's the documented fact [0][1] that whistleblowers at the NSA who go through the "proper channels" ultimately gets you fired, ostracized, raided, and prosecuted. So really, it's a non-starter to claim that they should have reported illegal activity. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Andrews_Drake#Drake_action_within_the_NSA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Andrews_Drake#Drake_act... [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Binney_%28U.S._intelligence_official%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Binney_%28U.S._intelli...