Agreed, the first thing that comes to mind is "careful what you wish". At present, the NSA has an obvious vulnerability in that their data centres are somewhat

Agreed, the first thing that comes to mind is "careful what you wish". At present, the NSA has an obvious vulnerability in that their data centres are somewhat in the open, and scattered around. If this scheme actually worked, they'd simply use it to enforce even higher secrecy, and complete autonomy from local state utilities. This is a dangerous path to go down, essentially assuming the role of aggressors against the state, and causing them to harden their defences. It would completely subvert the key concepts of democracy, and end bloody. Change the law, change their oversight, work within the system to improve it.