Yes, but that is why the people must remain diligent and not slothful in regard to Gov.
The people are the Gov and we must be engaged, but at some point we must trust as well, if Gov is to work.
I do not expect NSA to reveal means and methods to the world.
It would hamstring them as to being effective.
IMHO Snowden is a traitor.
Why I don’t think Snowden is a traitor.
There were 2 provisions of the law:
1) You CAN intercept overseas terrorists AND even their conversations in the US.
2) You cannot intercept US traffic. It is expressly labeld as forbidden, illegal.
Snowden revealed that #2 was taking place. That makes him a whistleblower and not a traitor.
To date he has not given any info regarding #1, that I know of.
On the other hand, Obama revealed a few weeks back that we intercepted overseas conversations between the head of Al Qaeda and the head of Yemen’s Al Qaeda branch, and he gave the content of the interception.