Having read (only) a few books on the history of the american intelligence community, I suspect most people who work there believe in the work that they do. Whi

Having read (only) a few books on the history of the american intelligence community, I suspect most people who work there believe in the work that they do. While domestic spying is obviously a black mark in the history, I suspect that the good work thats been done there is fairly substantial. We can actually thank the NSA for some security technologies that are used regularly (and are open source). Also consider that the president OKed this happening and the public isn't yelling for revolution nor impeachment.