>Citizens need to be protected from their own government which holds tremendous power over them, but less so w.r.t foreign government. The US certainly holds l

>Citizens need to be protected from their own government which holds tremendous power over them, but less so w.r.t foreign government. The US certainly holds less power over foreigners, but the CIA's job is to blur the distinction between citizens and foreigners, and the CIA operates with essentially no oversight or restrictions aside from its budget.