I nodded at first, but something rubs me the wrong way. I don't know if you intended it, but I read this a little defeatist. I also agree countries will foreve

I nodded at first, but something rubs me the wrong way. I don't know if you intended it, but I read this a little defeatist. I also agree countries will forever jostle their power against each other, because there is no higher court to take complaints. But there is no unwritten law which says we must let our spy orgs spy completely unfettered on their own citizens. If we let them do that, we might just as well give them the keys to the kingdom. Democracy will die, the feedback loop between corrupt leaders and the three letter orgs will eventually be to strong and everything will be a charade until there is no need for even the pretense of rule of law. This is the danger we are fighting. (With mixed success I think.)