You do realize that the NSA and it's ilk are military organizations, right? We're (supposed to be) a nation of laws with due process: it's extremely worrisome t

You do realize that the NSA and it's ilk are military organizations, right? We're (supposed to be) a nation of laws with due process: it's extremely worrisome to a free and open society to have the military go after criminals. That should be handled by law enforcement and the judicial system. You know what would actually be useful though, since we're talking about taxpayers reaping benefits from the government? How about a non-military government agency that does computer security research, but instead of hoarding all the exploits, they share them with the public through well-financed and organized open source projects?