Until we have true US citizen oversight over the NSA activities to make sure that they are acting purely in a way that is aligned with its charter and legal mis

Until we have true US citizen oversight over the NSA activities to make sure that they are acting purely in a way that is aligned with its charter and legal mission, all this information about its capability also compromises its ability to carry out a perfect tyranny. I think most US citizens would be okay with affording the NSA rights to secrecy if those in the NSA had shown themselves to be exemplary defenders of the US Constitution. Instead, they have demonstrated themselves as the most formidable opponents to the US Constitution, and more specifically the Bill of Rights. Our national security means nothing if the principles upon which the nation is founded are being debased wholesale. The US without the Constitution is not a nation, since the Constitution is the foundation of the shared history and government of the 330 million people that call themselves Americans. An NSA that does not respect the Constitution is the greatest existential threat to national security this country has faced. An organization with the capabilities of the NSA with no real oversight can unilaterally subvert even the healthiest democracy.