Wtf does patriotic have to do with anything but mass manipulation?

These weapons are not designed to be patriotic; they can just as easily hurt anyone.

its ultimately in the best interests of all of us to understand how little we can count on the systems we use today to keep information private.

how likely do you think it is that the russians or the chinese or anyone really has developed similar exploits?

Who gave NSA tools to the Russians?

Why Russia?