Unfortunately this is just a fundamental lack of knowledge on the part of the public about what intelligence job(s) entail. This is certainly not their fault,

Unfortunately this is just a fundamental lack of knowledge on the part of the public about what intelligence job(s) entail. This is certainly not their fault, and the media just makes it worse with all the fiction and "sexy" spy stuff that they put into movies etc.... It's just a reality that the public is only ever made aware of either the .01% of ops that go poorly or where there were intentional abuses or just totally made up things you see in movies.