Not only that, in what way does an independent agency having zero ties to national security or the IC have any right to hold just about* anything secret? This is asinine!
As a constitutionalist, the real problem as I have condensed it is that the balance between providing for the common defense has completely overshadowed things like securing the blessings of liberty. Our gov is increasingly leaning authoritarian, and the populace has allowed it.
That aside, I would agree with you.