> What is there to keep a food company from lying about the ingredients in their products? Food companies are not part of the "intelligence community," and the

> What is there to keep a food company from lying about the ingredients in their products? Food companies are not part of the "intelligence community," and there are significant disparities between enforcement of and compliance with the rules that each must follow. To the degree that food companies are even scared of the FDA (and not just willing to risk an inconsequential fine), it's because they know the FDA has strict guidelines and a history of enforcing rule violations that can kill an entire product line. Whereas the intelligence community is subject to no such oversight, other than some nominal finger wagging by a group of senators (some of whom may even be spied on, blackmailed and coerced by the very agencies they oversee). There is a documented history of the NSA lying directly to congress about the scope and breadth of its surveillance programs, including falsely denying illegal activity. Given that evidence, it seems optimistic, bordering on naive, to trust that law enforcement agencies will respect legislation that restricts their ability to do what they consider to be their job, especially when nobody has been sent to jail for their criminality and deceit. Why would they bother following the law if there are no consequences to breaking it? It's easier for them to obfuscate and argue semantics than it is to fundamentally alter their methods of intelligence collection.