Comment Re:Why is it even called "Blackhat"? (Score 2) 41
Then understand that that they do not arrest people for the same rason they do not sign US treaties or sign bills into law. It's not their job to arrest people, even if they cooperate with and provide intelligence for the people who do and are in some ways responsible for such arrests or for what treaties get signed or what laws get passed informing the people who'd do such tasks.
I was careful to answer the question from aNonnyMouseCowered, not to say the NSA is innocent of wrongdoing or of providing leads for the FBI or or the US State department and US Customs to harass attendees at BlackHat or to block the visas of international attendees. It's vital to answer the people that people actually asked.