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> "As an outsider to the US, I expected a job for the NSA to be seen as respectable."

Why should we respect those that spy on us? Would you expect Germans respect the Stasi?

Google, Facebook, ... every time we talk about these things the US position seems to be Germans are privacy nuts. It shouldn't be surprising that we think people in the US don't see privacy invasions as a serious problem / accept them in the name of a "higher purpose".

>As an outsider to the US, I expected a job for the NSA to be seen as respectable

I think that has a lot to do about which social circles you move in. If I saw NSA on a CV I would throw it in the trash.

It is perfectly respectable to most people, not the loud few commenters you find in this thread.