But is NSA's job really to 'idenfity useful intelligence' or create the databanks ready for when they do actually find a needle throught other means, that all they have to do is write the needles name into the search box and they get a list of needles friends and relatives and all juicy little dirty secrets as well, unabridged, in-detail history of you and your relations?

And in the case of some exchanges the entire transaction goes to the exchange, which adds up to a even more significant profit.

If the person making the statement was simply ignorant of the facts he could look them up before acting. Wilful irresponsibility counts as malice in my books.

So you are saying slashdot beta could cause a mass extinction event?

And in the case of the United States one needs to be a millionaire to have competent legal aid.

When you do it by means of actually attacking something, be it a computer system or a person, it is.

Yes, existential risk to Finns .
Finnic tribe habitation. 800 ad Finnic tribe habitation. 912 ad, also,
Earliest conflicts with Russians during existance of written records.

And by the 14th century we arrive at this

Well, Finland is bordering a nation with largest landmass in the world whose population has historically posed an existential risk to Finns with wars fought on the most centuries since pre-800 AD. It is in the interest of self-preservation to know what your neighbour has parked near your border and what he's up to if a successful suckerpunch will lead to the complete collapse of organized national defense.

And the original question was "What country doesn't spy on allies?"

AFAIK it is illegal for Finnish government agents to stage hostile operations inside foreign nations.

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So were the offspring of these 'human-like' beings capable of reproduction? If they were, wouldn't they be just "human"?