No it wasn't. Take a look at the movie Enemy of the State that was released in 1998, 3 years before 9/11. In the movie the NSA is monitoring all calls, has NRO

No it wasn't. Take a look at the movie Enemy of the State that was released in 1998, 3 years before 9/11. In the movie the NSA is monitoring all calls, has NRO satellites that tail them, and a bunch of other Tinfoil hat stuff that was confirmed by the Snowden leaks a decade later. The biggest fiction in the movie was their ability to connect the dots and do stuff in real time as depicted. The NSA director even said they were appalled how the agents were portrayed and went on PR campaigns to defend them selves. They were always spying but not ruthless killers as depicted in the movie. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enemy_of_the_State_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enemy_of_the_State_(film)