You’re right. The US IC has shown time and time again that they have no moral compass, no regard for the US Constitution, and no regard for human rights or the rule of law.

That said, neither do a lot of hackers. There is a long history of collaboration between hackers and the military-industrial complex. Silicon Valley is Silicon Valley because of the DoD. And the director of the NSA once gave the keynote at DEF-CON.

Even the best hacker movie, from which I take my nick, ends with the hackers assisting the NSA as if they are the good guys. :(

Intelligent people like Snowden don’t become as deep into the NSA as they are without a whole lot of “good guys” propaganda for many years first.