The irony is that NSA's mandate stems from the same problem of revealing true things by unorthodox methods: it often takes a dirty and ugly tool to perform the

The irony is that NSA's mandate stems from the same problem of revealing true things by unorthodox methods: it often takes a dirty and ugly tool to perform the tasks necessary to obtain information of interest to national security. Speaking of dirty tools, it's disheartening that the NSA was adept at gathering data from randos, but not at following Putin's plans.