Re:In fact, slashdot is populated by NSA agents... (Score 1)

Not that I know, but ... the popular idea is far from correct concerning the population of NSA, CIA, etc. It really is a bunch of geeks out doing what they have been tasked by their employer to do. The taskers are citizens of this country as well, and they understand that what they do directly effects them as well as everyone else. None of the agencies, FBI aside, is allowed, by law, to monitor US citizens. There really is no Orwellian "Big Brother" in the US as there is in, say, China or Soviet Countries. NSA just breaks code all day, and then spends their paychecks at the local strip joint like the other geeks.