Yes, after lurking in slashdot for years, I finally signed up. No agenda, other than my opinions are my own.

NSA has 2 jobs: spying on the world and securing US communications.

I don't know how well they are doing job #1. IMHO they are doing a really crappy job of #2.

Of course its not acceptable. But 1) its just as easily done by Google or Facebook employees, and none of the people posting in all caps about fascism seem to care about that, and 2) considering the size and reach, it was surprising how little abuse was found.

No, he released information to a self-aggrandizing reporter who is very hostile to the US. Who then released everything in self-aggrandizing click bait fashion. The worst actual "abuse" they found was a couple of people spying on their girlfriends. My concern is the waste of taxpayer money. This huge spy machine couldn't stop the Boston Marathon bombers even when alerted to them.