In which you assume far too much: - that espionage is required for a state to function successfully - that maintaining US hegemony is both a national good and

In which you assume far too much: - that espionage is required for a state to function successfully - that maintaining US hegemony is both a national good and good for the world - that brute force is the only other viable option to rampant surveillance It is specifically because none of those things ought to be assumed, none of them are a given, and none are inherently good or desirable or required, that one ought to condemn these acts.