> How is it possible for a country with the resources of the U.S. to miss such important areas of technological security The US is a democracy. Most of the vot

> How is it possible for a country with the resources of the U.S. to miss such important areas of technological security The US is a democracy. Most of the voters are not very intelligent. That means, most of the politicians elected to run the government aren't very intelligent either. I mean, voters would have to be intelligent themselves in order to tell the difference between a dumbass political candidate and an intelligent one. And I think it's the politicians who usually hire the people who run intelligence agencies, law enforcement agencies etc.