> This is an absolutely absurd argument against spying. Should no one ever spy on Russia or North Korea just because they make a law against it? It's not an ar

> This is an absolutely absurd argument against spying. Should no one ever spy on Russia or North Korea just because they make a law against it? It's not an argument against spying. It's an argument against saying that spying "is not illegal". When you're spying on Russia or North Korea, you are breaking Russian or North Korean law, and you can't avoid that by saying "but my own country's laws say otherwise". There are many cases in which breaking laws can be justified (the canonical example being breaking segregation laws in the USA some time ago), spying on Russia and North Korea might be one of these cases; but you're still breaking the law.