Also, poor spelling. I'd expect members of an intelligence community to be more [drum roll] intelligent. "precidence" instead of "precedent?" Really? And this,

Also, poor spelling. I'd expect members of an intelligence community to be more [drum roll] intelligent. "precidence" instead of "precedent?" Really? And this, I think, is an even bigger giveaway: "... and no longer useful in maintaining their freedoms." "Freedoms" is one of the hot-button words of conspiracy theorists. As far as I've been able to tell, even the most heavily oppressive American 3 letter thugs tell themselves that they are indeed struggling to _preserve_ the citizens' freedoms.