I think it's time to review whether the NSA has done more to harm Americans than to benefit them, and if so, to begin talks on dismantling the agency. This isn

I think it's time to review whether the NSA has done more to harm Americans than to benefit them, and if so, to begin talks on dismantling the agency. This isn't political extremism. There have been scores of agencies in the past that have been shut down due to abuse and mismanagement (including FEMA, which no longer exists), and what's left of the defunct agencies that still need to function have been rolled into other agencies (in FEMA's case, the DHS). For a (completely random and poorly thought out) example, foreign surveillance could be rolled into the CIA. The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has done some great work on improving cryptography for everyone, and could be the group responsible for doing that. That said, the private sector seems to be doing a perfectly good job developing cryptography on it's own. If they can't do the job correctly, let's find someone that can.