I don't seek to deny the spying happens, but I ask you to put yourself in this situation and see if you feel as charitable to your own government, when it acts

I don't seek to deny the spying happens, but I ask you to put yourself in this situation and see if you feel as charitable to your own government, when it acts against you because of fears of an outside agency. I guarantee you, your reaction will not be "oh, thats ok then, the root cause was these other bad people"