What does that have to do with sysadmins? Snowden's data dump was what, almost a decade ago? That's like saying that the NSA has a goal to remove all janitors.

What does that have to do with sysadmins? Snowden's data dump was what, almost a decade ago? That's like saying that the NSA has a goal to remove all janitors. Can it be done? I wouldn't bet against it. The US Government has the goal and money is no object. At the end of the day, someone has to go in and replace the parts, troubleshoot issues, configure stuff. Those are sysadmins. Just like janitors still need to clean the shit out of toilets.