Firstly, the government's systems are wide open, and are hacked/breached all the time. They just cover it up so no one knows. This is mainly as a result of fear

Firstly, the government's systems are wide open, and are hacked/breached all the time. They just cover it up so no one knows. This is mainly as a result of fear of competence and a deference to the lowest bidder (out of habit, stupidity, or legal mandate). That is, the lowest bidder usually builds crap, half-assed products, and there's a lot of that floating around in the almighty Gov't. Secondly: hey idiot CIA director, did you not notice what was revealed by Snowden's leaks? Isn't there some law or unspoken rule about sitting idly by while the system becomes more corrupted? If it had been accidentally revealed this mass surveillance was happening and the media grabbed onto it, then wouldn't anyone near it occurring, whether innocent or not, be left ass out to take the blame? Wouldn't the idiots at large be saying something like, "and you knew, and sat by doing nothing; you're just as guilty."