" it's plausible to believe that many threats against american assets are hatched in the US and communicated in the US." Where's the beef? There is none. If th

" it's plausible to believe that many threats against american assets are hatched in the US and communicated in the US." Where's the beef? There is none. If the NSA does not justify it's existence in an open forum then we must dismantle it. And it is not enough to prove that the NSA intercepted an operation; it must be proven that, in the absence of the NSA, the same interception would not have occurred and that consequently something significantly evil would have occurred. There are plenty of other federal, state and local agencies that collect information in a legal and constitutionally-mandated manner and they have proven very effective. "To put it differently: are you better off dead or with the NSA?" Nonsensical scare-mongering.