The point I was trying to make isn't that the NSA doesn't have secret programs (like spying on American citizens), it's that these programs didn't come about th

The point I was trying to make isn't that the NSA doesn't have secret programs (like spying on American citizens), it's that these programs didn't come about through the scheming of a few people. Maybe it did, but I think it is more likely that the organization organically pushed the limits of what it thought it could get away with (and I think the article would agree).