Transparency is BS. It is passive and does nothing.
Reduce the size by 50% and rename it.
State what it may do and NOT do.
Give it no enforcement power.
I agree with your fantastic solution, but it is fantastic.
Government will not lay off its own, only contractors. It is not in the business of going out of business. It is entrenched. Only incredible, almost unspeakable violence will change this.
Not enough.
Indict all current agents with Conspiracy Against Rights & Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law — then disband the agency… also look into indicting the judges in the FICA court and the Congress that authorized the operations / passed the law under which the NSA operated.
IOW, make them pay in blood for violating the Supreme Law of the Land.