So 'only following orders' is the defense here? And these orders (e.g. hacking Google's SSL endpoints, big data mining) originate from politicians? (And to call

So 'only following orders' is the defense here? And these orders (e.g. hacking Google's SSL endpoints, big data mining) originate from politicians? (And to call scrutiny 'tiresome' when the director baldly lies to congress frankly just compounds the general air of unchecked arrogance.)