The problem has actually gotten worse -- by acting like asshats and spying on US citizens (as well as a whole litany of other stupidity, like racist drug laws,

The problem has actually gotten worse -- by acting like asshats and spying on US citizens (as well as a whole litany of other stupidity, like racist drug laws, ...), it's presumably a lot harder to recruit and retain great people for the less-sexy roles like IT/IA.