You might be able to point to a regional power and say yes, these guys are pretty shady. What you have to remember though, is that the USA is a global power wit

You might be able to point to a regional power and say yes, these guys are pretty shady. What you have to remember though, is that the USA is a global power with global reach, so any shadiness is more scalable. Also, don't forget that the US often does stuff like hand people over to another agency knowing they'll be tortured. https://theintercept.com/2017/07/20/cameroonian-troops-tortured-and-killed-prisoners-at-base-used-for-u-s-drone-surveillance/ https://theintercept.com/2017/07/20/cameroonian-troops-tortu... EDIT: Don't forget that NSA acquires data to create actionable intelligence that can be passed onto another actor. Whatever you think about them, their work is being used in many cases ultimately by another agency or government.