Don't assume all governments are tyrannical as the US.
Brazil once fired a bunch of people from intelligence AND police after they found out they cooperated, with warrants, to wiretap a known big criminal. The population was outraged, but it was clear, intelligence was not authorized to wiretap Brazilians, in fact the punishment for that was the actual removal of all.wiretapping equipment from the agency ( I think it is stupid that punishment... )
I am very sure our intelligence have no crazy ass large scale espionage like US is doing to its own citizens.
So was the 'crime' of the intelligence agents wiretapping Brazilians, or wiretapping anybody? Because to hear it on HN you'd think the U.S. would never be allowed to engage in foreign surveillance at all.
Brazil once fired a bunch of people from intelligence AND police after they found out they cooperated, with warrants, to wiretap a known big criminal. The population was outraged, but it was clear, intelligence was not authorized to wiretap Brazilians, in fact the punishment for that was the actual removal of all.wiretapping equipment from the agency ( I think it is stupid that punishment... )
I am very sure our intelligence have no crazy ass large scale espionage like US is doing to its own citizens.