I'm not particularly emotional about this, at least not in the "getting irrational" sense. And I'm not against intelligence agencies in principle, I acknowledge

I'm not particularly emotional about this, at least not in the "getting irrational" sense. And I'm not against intelligence agencies in principle, I acknowledge that we need them to some level. The difference is that I come from a country where secret service (both domestic and from other USSR-friendly countries) used to be almost almighty ~25 years ago. And I've seen the damage it inflicted on the society (including some family members) by eliminating any form of dissent or sign of disagreement with the government. Considering how much cheaper and easier dragnet-like surveillance got over the past few years ... well. You may point out this particular case (compromising SWIFT bureau) is different, i.e. it's the type of action you'd expect from NSA-type intelligence agencies. But it's a mistake to see the agencies as independent / isolated entities. The rest of the leak is however interesting as it shows how hoarding of NOBUS 0days fails, because it's never really NOBUS.