Yes, the author does believe that surveillance of foreign nations is okay, as do many other people. The NSA is a foreign intelligence service - their purpose,

Yes, the author does believe that surveillance of foreign nations is okay, as do many other people. The NSA is a foreign intelligence service - their purpose, by design, is to gather information on the capabilities and intentions of foreign nations. It's not just an American thing, either. As it turns out, just about every other nation on Earth thinks it's okay to spy on other nations[1]. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_intelligence_agencies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_intelligence_agencies