Depends. If it's the Chinese or the Russians then it's bad. And you never hear about them being in the business of preventing major crimes or terrorist attacks

Depends. If it's the Chinese or the Russians then it's bad. And you never hear about them being in the business of preventing major crimes or terrorist attacks. If it's the NSA then it's either hype, speculations without any real evidence, right up until there is, and then it's "not surprising".