This is mostly true but it also comes with self deception/naivety that the people in charge won't do harm to civilians. Given evidence to the contrary they pre

This is mostly true but it also comes with self deception/naivety that the people in charge won't do harm to civilians. Given evidence to the contrary they prefer to imagine it as a lie. So it's not correct today that they condone anything the people in charge are doing for national security they repress the existence of the things they don't condone.