My point was a simple one, spying will always occur. If people are arguing it should be the exclusive purview of autocrats, and that would somehow improve the state of the world, I would disagree.
I've never encountered an argument that it should be closed because spying isn't nice.
Perhaps during the cold war, but "countering communism" (whatever that means) was the mission of every branch of the US Government then.
So not sure what your point is.