I have strong opinions about the politics of this (i.e. giving people power without accountability always causes problems, whether it's on this scale or the Dep

I have strong opinions about the politics of this (i.e. giving people power without accountability always causes problems, whether it's on this scale or the Department of Homeland Security scale), but since we're on Hacker News, I think it'd be more interesting to consider what this says about auditing, data access, and privacy. I noticed some comments already about auditing systems. Can this story tell us anything interesting about audit trails we'd like to see in other applications - or that we should maybe implement in our own work?