They also need to make it fully and permanently accountable. When East Germany fell and the Stasi archives first fell open and then were deliberately opened?

They also need to make it fully and permanently accountable. When East Germany fell and the Stasi archives first fell open and then were deliberately opened? The people spying now need to know that, one day -- preferably not too far distant -- every one of their actions will be public record. And that they, and their descendants (by public declamation if not law) will be held accountable. Transparency, when exercised, needs to work in both directions.